Opus Dei

The Prelate insists that meditating on the "last things," on the resurrection of the dead and life everlasting, should fill us with joy, trusting in God's infinite mercy.

“You cannot have God as your Father, if you don’t have the Church as your mother.” The Prelate reflects on these words of a Church Father and on the importance of the sacrament of Confession.

The feast of the Birth of our Lady, on the 8th, and the feasts of the Exaltation of the Cross and of our Lady at the foot of the Cross on the 14th and 15th, provide the thread for this month's letter.

The Prelate gives thanks to God for the approval of the miracles attributed to the intercession of Blessed John Paul II and Alvaro del Portillo, and continues his catechesis for the Year of Faith.

"I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church." The Prelate stresses the supernatural foundation of the Church in his letter this month.

The Prelate continues his reflections on the Creed during the Year of Faith, focusing on the sending of the Holy Spirit and Christ's second coming at the end of time.

In this month dedicated to Mary, we should be "led by the hand of our Lady, our Mother, who always brings us to her Son, and through him and with him, to the Holy Spirit and to God the Father."

The Prelate reflects on the Resurrrection, and asks us to "continue making an effort to bring the charity of Christ, spiritual and material concern for others, to the environment in which each of us works."

"Let us support with our prayers and sacrifices the task of the cardinals gathered in the conclave to elect the successor of St. Peter, whom we already love with all our soul," the Prelate urges us.

The Prelate considers the mystery of the Incarnation, and encourages us to contemplate Jesus Christ, "perfect God and perfect Man."