Opus Dei

"A Doctorate in Hope"

News 02/23/2015

For the past ten years Philippe Jourdan has been at the head of the Catholic Church in Estonia, the only Catholic bishop in a country with six...

Preparing for Lent with Blessed Alvaro

home 02/18/2015

Lent is an urgent call "to increase our fasting, prayer and works of charity." An excerpt from a letter written by Blessed Alvaro del Portillo on...

Work and Family

Work 02/20/2015

Reconciling work and family obligations is not always easy. We can learn a lot from the Holy Family, as this new article in the series on sanctifying...

"Opus Dei was born among Madrid's poor and the hospitals"

Short Videos 02/16/2015

In a get-together in Zurich in 1983, Blessed Alvaro spoke about the founder of Opus Dei's frequent visits to the hospitals and poor neighborhoods of...

"They are girls who need a lot of affection"

Social initiatives 02/06/2015

Sofia Miguens teaches in Buen Consejo School, located in an impoverished district of Buenos Aires. Cardinal Bergoglio had a special love for this...

Archbishop Romero's Last Hours on Earth

"Not to have children is a selfish choice"

From the Pope 02/13/2015

In his February 11 general audience, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the family, praising parents who have the generosity to raise a large...

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Marian year for the family

“We have to be strong and patient and, therefore, calm and composed”

If you fix your sight on God and thus know how to keep calm in the face of worries; if you can forget petty things, jealousies and envies, you will save a lot of energy, which you need if you are to work effectively in the service of men. (Furrow, 856)

The man who knows how to be strong will not be in a hurry to receive the reward of his virtue. He is patient. Indeed it is fortitude that teaches us to appreciate the human and divine virtue of patience. '“By your patience you will gain possession of your souls." (Luke 21:19) The possession of the soul is attributed to patience, which in effect is the root and guardian of all the virtues. We secure possession of our souls through patience, for, by learning to have dominion over ourselves, we...

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