The Creativity of Charity
Texts for Reflection• Points 27 and 31.2 of the pastoral letter of Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, 14 February 2017:27. Following the constant teaching of the Church, the experience of Saint Josemaría and...
View ArticleCelebrating Christmas 2019
Homilies and articles about ChristmasPope Francis' Apostolic Letter "Admirabile signum" on the Nativity sceneHomily of Pope Francis on Christmas Eve 2014Homily of Saint Josemaria on Christmas Eve...
View Article"The Holy Spirit is the protagonist of the Church's mission"
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!Reading the Acts of the Apostles, we see how the Holy Spirit is the protagonist of the Church's mission: it is He Who guides the path of the evangelizers,...
View Article"In drawing close to Mary, the Church discovers herself"
“But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman” (Gal 4:4). Born of woman: Jesus came in this way. He did not appear in the world as an adult but, as the Gospel tells us, he...
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"Saint Josemaria blessed our marriage with both hands”
“Blanco and the Visits to Barbastro” is an illustrated book for children about Saint Josemaria’s childhood years in Barbastro, where he was born on 9 January 1902. The text was written by the Peruvian...
View ArticlePromoting Peace in the World
Prayer intention of Pope Francis for the month of January 2020.
View ArticleCelebrating "Sunday of the Word of God"
1. “He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (Lk 24:45). This was one of the final acts of the risen Lord before his Ascension. Jesus appeared to the assembled disciples, broke bread with...
View Article"That They May Be One"
THE OCTAVE FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY begins today. During these days, with the whole Church we will meditate more deeply on some words spoken by Jesus at the Last Supper that enkindle our desires for union....
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Josemaria, Once Again Among the Needy
Even when still a young girl, Amparo often wondered what God wanted from her: “My husband and I ran a bookstore for more than 20 years. Outside, I saw so many people on the street, from all...
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Pedro Ballester’s Graduation
On 17 July 2018, at half past nine in the morning, one of Pedro’s teachers was waiting for us by the entrance to Whitworth Hall of the University of Manchester. She was there to show his family and few...
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A Center for Women’s Health in Palestine
On December 9, 2018, the first Breast Unit was opened in the public hospital of Beit Jala near Bethlehem. The project is the joint effort of the ELIS center in Rome's Tiburtino neighborhood, the Campus...
View Article"Welcome Christians of another tradition"
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!Today’s catechesis is in tune with the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. This year’s theme, which is that of hospitality, was developed by the communities of...
View Article"We need beautiful, true and good stories"
I would like to devote this year’s Message to the theme of storytelling, because I believe that, so as not to lose our bearings, we need to make our own the truth contained in good stories. Stories...
View ArticleThomas Aquinas' Love for the Truth
(from Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998)Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the...
View ArticleMarian: Bursting the Bubble
Marian from Puerto Rico says she grew up in a "bubble": between her family and her school, all her needs were always met. All of that changed after doing some community service at school. Motivated by...
View Article"I march to show that pro-life is pro-women"
Catalina Scheider Galinanes is the president of her school's Respect Life club and was chosen as the "student speaker" for this year's national March for Life in Washington D.C. In her speech,...
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“Follow the example of the first Christians”
Pope Francis received the Prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, and the Auxiliary Vicar, Monsignor Mariano Fazio, in an audience on January 30. During the meeting, which lasted about thirty...
View ArticleSeven Sundays of Saint Joseph
The custom of the Seven Sundays of Saint JosephPope Gregory XVI encouraged this devotion to Saint Joseph by attaching many indulgences to it, and Blessed Pope Pius IX asked the faithful to petition...
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"Wasted" Food for the Hungry
It was another hot Saturday in the warehouse. The volunteers helped move and sort the donated goods into bags, tying and securing the packages. Priests, nuns, and representatives of parishes,...
View Article"Christ looks upon a wounded humanity into the heart of each person"
Dear brothers and sisters,1. Jesus’ words, “Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28) point to the mysterious path of grace that is revealed to the simple...
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