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Seven Sundays of Saint Joseph

A long-standing tradition in the Church is to prepare for...

Working on Trust (9): Dealing with peer pressure

How can we equip our children to handle peer pressure in...

Letters from Saint Josemaria to Guadalupe

On a few occasions, the founder of Opus Dei personally wrote...

Working on Trust (8): God chose my son

God has a plan for each one of us. A Christian family is...

Spiritual Communion: a prayer that traveled around the world

An article about the "accidental" discovery of the source of...

The Epiphany of Our Lord

Text and audio recording of Saint Josemaria's homily, given...

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

"Get to know Joseph and you will find Jesus"

"With St Joseph, the Christian learns what it means to belong to God and fully to assume one's place among men, sanctifying the world. Get to know Joseph and you will find Jesus." (Christ is Passing By, 56)

The whole Church recognizes St. Joseph as a patron and guardian. For centuries many different features of his life have caught the attention of believers. He was a man ever faithful to the mission God gave him. That is why, for many years now, I have liked to address him affectionately as "our father and lord."

St. Joseph really is ...

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