St Josemaría’s own account of his sister’s death

Andrés Vázquez de Prada

After St Josemaría died, a sealed envelope was found among his papers. Written on it were the words, “Not to be opened until my death. Mariano, 2-VII-1957.” Inside were six handwritten sheets that read as follows. Tags: Eucharist, The Escriva family, Death

Opus Dei Prelature

Msgr.Javier Echevarría

The following are some words by the present Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarría, on the significance of the establishment of Opus Dei as a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. Tags: Church, Javier Echevarria, Opus Dei prelature, Vatican II

A deeply human book

John F. Coverdale

In late 1932, the founder of Opus Dei, a young Spanish priest named Josemaría Escrivá, ran off on a primitive mimeograph machine a 15-page pamphlet entitled Spiritual Considerations, which he distributed among people to whom he was giving spiritual advice. Tags: Passionately Loving the World, books

Words from the New Testament, meditated on by the Founder of Opus Dei

Francisco Varo

The first issue of Studia et Documenta, the journal of the Istituto Storico San Josemaria Escriva in Rome, contains a study by Professor Francisco Varo of eight small pages written by St Josemaría, headed “Words from the New Testament meditated on frequently – June 1933”. This [...] Tags: Gospel, Jesus Christ, Prayer

The Message of St. Josemaría: Particularly Relevant Ideas for Today’s Society

Martin Rhonheimer

The following article was written by Fr Martin Rhonheimer, Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, and a priest of Opus Dei. It was presented at the Corporate Communication Professional Development Seminar, Pontifical University of the [...] Tags: Church, Freedom, Responsibility, Work, Unity of life, Ordinary life

Declarations on the Upcoming Canonization

www.vatican.va

- Card. Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna (Vienna Cathedral, January 9, 2002) “God has given man the power to shape reality. Blessed Josemaria took this fundamental message to task: work, understood not only as a means of self-fulfillment, but also of sanctity”. - [...] Tags: Canonization, Church, Holiness