Rome trip described as ‘the experience of a lifetime’

The Kerryman

The Kerryman, a local newspaper in Ireland, published an article after the canonization with the different impressions and experiences of a few local businessmen from the area. Liam O'Connor and other friends recall the canonization and conclude that it was 'an experience of a lifetime'. Tags: Canonization, Citizenship, Church, Holiness

Patrimony for the entire Church

Paulina Lo Celso

The following is an interview of Msgr. Echevarría, the Prelate of Opus Dei, carried out by Paulina Lo Celso (Argentina) on January 6 of this year, three months after the canonization. Tags: Canonization, Church

Divine Filiation

Fr Roy Cimagala

I first met this expression, sounding Greek to me at that time, when I read a book of homilies by Opus Dei founder saint Josemaria Escriva. That was many years ago, when I was still in college. Tags: Abandonment to God, Faith, Divine sonship

Saint Josemaria, a pilgrim at Fatima

Saint Josemaría visited Portugal frequently, and never omitted a stop at Fatima. On one of those occasions, April 14, 1970, as he arrived on Portuguese soil, he gave the reason for his trip. “I am praying all day long, trying to speak continuously with God, taking our Lady as my intercessor, since she is all-powerful in her supplication. I have made these journeys in the simple, joyous spirit of a pilgrim of old.” Tags: Our Lady

Interview with Franz Cardinal König

Ricardo Estarriol

Franz Cardinal König says that the Founder of Opus Dei "now belongs to the Church's treasury; he's welcomed to the multitude of saints." Tags: Canonization, Faith, Church

With my brother Josemaria in Madrid (1927-37)

Santiago Escriva

Santiago Escriva (1919-1994) was the younger brother of saint Josemaria. After the death of Opus Dei's founder, he wrote down some of his memories of his brother, excerpts of which are presented here. Carmen was their older sister. Tags: The Escriva family

Holy humorist

Andrew Soane

Much has been written, and is being written, about Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei. But there is a side to him that is rarely commented on, but was noticed by his contemporaries. It was his good humor. Tags: Abandonment to God, Joy, cheerfulness

A Continuum of Love

Barbara Spencer

An Indian philanthropic association, Sampradaan, published an article about Saint Josemaría in its annual journal in which the author, Barbara Spencer, a management consultant and volunteer fundraiser based in Delhi, explained how true philanthropy is based on pristine motives, and lies in the love of the Other rather than the self. Tags: Love of God

The Holy Mass was the center of Saint Josemaría’s day

Bishop Alvaro del Portillo

Saint Josemaría often spoke of the Holy Mass as the “center and root of the interior life”. Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, the Founder’s first successor at the head of Opus Dei, spent nearly forty years with Saint Josemaría, and was an exceptional witness of how the Holy Mass really was the center of his day, quite literally. The following is an extract from Bishop del Portillo’s recollections, published in the book Immersed in God. Tags: Alvaro del Portillo, Eucharist, Piety, Plan of life, Priesthood

St Josemaría Escrivá and Nazism

Domingo Diaz-Ambrona

This is a letter from Domingo Diaz-Ambrona, a civil engineer and lawyer, to Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, Prelate of Opus Dei, dated 9 January 1992. It ispublished in Immersed in God. I met the future Saint, Josemaría Escrivá, during the Spanish Civil War. At that time [...] Tags: Spanish Civil War, History