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Saint Josemaria's First Holy Communion

Saint Josemaria made his First Communion on 23 April 1912,...

New Mediterraneans (III): "From the Wound of the right hand"

A "new discovery" in Saint Josemaria's spiritual life....

Saint Josemaria's "Theology of the Donkey"

Some reflections on the Palm Sunday liturgy and the donkey's...

Video: The Prelate in Saragossa

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz spent March 29 - 31 making a brief...

Homily of Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz in Saragossa, Spain

On Saturday, 30 March 2019, in the church where Saint...

"Saint Josemaria saw government as a service to people"

An interview with Marlies Kücking, who has worked for over...

Saint Josemaria "in action"

The Message of Saint Josemaria

A documentary about Opus Dei's message and its founder....

“Broken, but still of use”

Even a broken soup bowl was a topic for St. Josemaría’s...

St. Josemaria: Freedom for our Children

St. Josemaría always spoke a lot about freedom: granting it,...

“Jesus, here is John the Milkman”

When St. Josemaria was a young parish priest, there was a...

The Saint of Ordinary Life: October 6, 2002

A 23-minute video by Alberto Michelini with highlights from...

Called to be saints

Opus Dei helps to find Christ in the work, the family and in...

Books by St Josemaria

The Way

Read these counsels slowly. Pause to meditate on these...

Furrow

In a note to a 1950 edition of The Way, Saint Josemaría...

The Forge

This book, a compilation of spiritual annotations of...

Friends of God

A canticle to ordinary life, addressed to ordinary...

Christ is Passing By

An audio version of "Christ's Death is the Christian's...

Holy Rosary

One December morning in 1931, Fr. Josemaría dashed off this...

His Impact

Saint Josemaria Prayer Card

Christians have always had recourse to the intercession of saints: their example shows us that it is possible to grow in holiness, and their prayer before God can be especially helpful in times of need.

You can visit Saint Josemaria's tomb in Rome at Our Lady of Peace, Prelatic Church of Opus Dei.

Message of the day

“Blessed be that monotony of Hail Marys”

I have come to see that every Hail Mary, every greeting to Our Lady, is a new beat of a heart in love. (The Forge, 615)

``Immaculate Virgin, I know very well that I am only a miserable wretch, and all I do is increase each day the number of my sins ... '' You told me the other day that was how you spoke to Our Mother. And I was confident in advising you with assurance to pray the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail ...

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