He put all his love into saying Holy Mass

Msgr Javier Echevarría saw from close at hand, from 1953 onwards, how St Josemaría prepared to celebrate Mass, how he said it, how he did his thanksgiving afterwards, and how he prolonged it throughout the day. The following is an extract from Msgr Echevarría’s book [...]
Tags: Gratitude, Eucharist, Faith, Javier Echevarria, Prayer, Piety, Priesthood

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A faithful man

Alvaro del Portillo, St Josemaría’s first successor at the head of Opus Dei, was born March 11, 1914. A “good and faithful servant” – words of Jesus Christ in the Gospel, that Pope John Paul II applied to Bishop Alvaro del Portillo. Bishop Javier Echevarria says: [...]
Tags: Alvaro del Portillo, Faith, Faithfulness, Javier Echevarria

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London, August 1958: You can’t, but I can!

The founder of Opus Dei first visited London in 1958. He stayed from the beginning of August to the middle of September. He returned in each of the following years until 1962. In 1958, he arrived on August 4 and the following day wrote on [...]
Tags: Apostolate, Rest, Faith

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God's instrument for the Work

The life of the founder of Opus Dei was the most eloquent application of his message. The lesson of every saint becomes explicit in the coherence between his life, his preaching and his writings. Saint Josemaría spoke of "the mute eloquence" of works: "Love [...]
Tags: The Way, Citizenship, Contemplation, Faith, Jesus Christ, Prayer, Sacraments, Supernatural outlook, Vocation

Testimony

In The Way I found the answer to many things I hadn’t understood before

What can I say about Msgr. Escriva and Opus Dei? I can’t begin to put it into words without first giving a bit of my history. I was born in the year of Maracana, on the day of Maracana. (Ed. Note: Uruguay beat Brazil in [...]
Tags: The Way, Faith, Work

Testimony

Accepting my son’s disability with happiness

Learning about Josemaria Escriva has helped me achieve greater clarity in my faith. By attending the programs of formation offered by the Prelature of Opus Dei, I have received great consolation because they make me understand in a deeper way the graces we receive in [...]
Tags: Sickness, Faith

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The Civil War

The Spanish Civil War has broken out, together with one of the most violent periods of religious persecution in the history of the Church August 30, 1936. For a bit more than a month Spain has been split into two factions, increasingly squaring off in a [...]
Tags: Faith, Spanish Civil War, Crossing the Pyrenees

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Expansion

Between 1946 and 1960 Opus Dei began its apostolate in several new countries, including Portugal, Italy, Great Britain, France, Ireland, the US, Kenya, and Japan. These were years of physical suffering. The Father’s diabetes was the cause of great discomfort. He lived with a constant headache, [...]
Tags: Sickness, Faith, Formation, Opus Dei, Plan of life

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Catechetical Trips

St Josemaria decided to put his shoulder to the wheel in the task of strengthening people’s faith. Starting in 1970, he went on long catechetical trips to various countries around the world. Starting in 1970, the founder of Opus Dei decided to undertake catechetical trips [...]
Tags: Education, Faith, Poverty, Get-together, Catechetical trips

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Bartimaeus

And they came to Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry [...]
Tags: Love of God, Faith