"All the ways of the earth can be an opportunity to meet Christ.” Saint Josemaría
"All the ways of the earth can be an opportunity to meet Christ.”
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From St. Josemaría
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What does a 17-year-old who died over sixty years ago have to teach us about how to live? Montse Grases’ story reveals how the joy and peace born of faith can grow even deeper in times of trial.
A Dominican doctor recounts the unexpected obstacles that kept her from a Catholic wedding after her move to Spain, and how a chance encounter with Opus Dei helped her through years of longing to fully live her faith.
Jesus’ example shows us how to stay firm in the truth and open to the people in front of us at the exact same time.
Tomás and Paquita, two of the first supernumeraries of Opus Dei, have taken another step forward in their cause for beatification. On July 6, the documentation on their lives and virtues was submitted to the Church and will now be studied by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
At 54, Fernando cares for his father, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, while working for the Post Office, after years working as a chauffeur for high society. Between kilometres of cycling, the pages of his books and his daily rounds, Fernando has come to realise that the most urgent and valuable delivery a person can make will never fit into any envelope: it’s time spent caring for others.
Homily by the Prelate of Opus Dei, Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, on the liturgical feast of Saint Josemaría, delivered at the parish of Saint Eugene (Rome).
This Brazilian lawyer asked to be healed of cancer and received far more than that. We share this favour received on the occasion of the anniversary of Blessed Álvaro del Portillo’s request for admission to Opus Dei.
This instalment explores the proper autonomy of temporal realities and the Christian value of secularity. Saint Josemaría’s teaching helps us understand that work, civil life, and professional commitments have laws of their own, and that the Christian is called to sanctify them from within, with freedom and personal responsibility.
“Invoking the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Josemaría,” Pope Leo XIV sent his apostolic blessing to the participants in the fourth edition of the Navarro-Valls Award. The event took place on Tuesday 23 June in the Sala della Protomoteca at the Capitoline Museums.
Vatican Says Cause for Ruth Pakaluk Can Move Forward
Admirers of the Catholic convert, a former atheist, say that while many of her pursuits might seem ordinary — wife, mother, volunteer — she lived them in an extraordinary way. This article was first published in the National Catholic Register on 31 October 2025.
Remembering Matt, Matt, and Val
John K., who accompanied Matt Anthony, Matt Schoenecker, and Val Creus on their final hiking trip, offers reflections on the lives of the three men on the anniversary of their untimely deaths.
The Prelate of Opus Dei in the USA
A 24-minute documentary about Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz's trip to four US cities in 2019.
Isabel Sánchez and Opus Dei: “Deepening in the charism, rectifying, and dreaming of sowing good”
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, now in audio and ebook
Mónica, Bolivia: "Every change in life is a new opportunity to grow"
Recent Editorials
Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz: “The most faithful path to serve the Church is not to be indifferent to the vicissitudes of our world”
Letter from the Prelate (14 June 2026)
Letter of St. Josemaria about charity in the transmission of the faith
From the Prelate: Enlarging the Heart
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