It is daylight

Easter is the feast of the new creation. Jesus is risen and dies no more. He has opened the door to a new life, one that no longer knows illness and death. He has taken mankind up into God himself. “Flesh [...]
Tags: Apostolate, Baptism, Faith, Benedict XVI

Document

Ten keys for communicating faith

Passing on the faith is a very long-standing issue, one that has been present throughout the two-thousand-year history of the Christian community. The Church has always seen herself as a messenger, entrusted with news that has been revealed to her and is worth passing on. [...]
Tags: Faith, Evangelization, Mission, Communication

Video

Turning my work into love

Mary lost her first job in the credit crunch and had to begin again. She learnt from St Josemaria how to turn her work into love.
Tags: Friendship, Faith, Youth, UK

Document

Homily given by the Prelate of Opus Dei for the feast-day of St Josemaria Escriva, 2011

Dear brothers and sisters, We have anticipated by one day the celebration of the liturgical feast of St Josemaria, because tomorrow, the anniversary of the day he went to Heaven, coincides this year with the feast of Corpus Christi. However, this circumstance can help us to [...]
Tags: Apostolate, Faith, June 26

Document

Pope Benedict XVI explains the Eucharist to the Children

Meeting of the Holy Father with Children who had received their First Communion during the Year 1. Andrea. Dear Pope, what are your memories of your First Communion day? I would first like to say thank you for this celebration of faith that you are offering [...]
Tags: Eucharist, Faith, For younger readers, Benedict XVI, Holy Communion, Holy Mass

Document

Really Human

Secular artists and saintly lives By John Wauck America Magazine You’ll be doing what Daniel Berrigan did in ‘The Mission.’” That is how the director Roland Joffé described my job as a consultant on “There Be Dragons,” a film he wrote and directed that features as one [...]
Tags: Faith, Roland Joffe, There be Dragons, Character

Video

Benedict XVI: "The prayer of each man will find its answer"

Romereports.com. During the general audience, the pope explained how the faithful prayed in the Old Testament. To highlight this point, the pope made reference to Abraham by stating the following "his intercession is based on the certainty that the Lord listens with patience to our [...]
Tags: Faith, Prayer, Pope

Video

Pope visits Venice

Romereports.com. During the pope's two day trip to northern Italy he stopped in the towns of Venice and Aquileia. During Sunday's Mass and the Regina Coeli, Benedict XVI spoke about the challenges of the evangelization. Benedict XVI: “A traditionally Catholic people can also negatively sense [...]
Tags: Joy, Suffering, Faith, Evangelization

Testimony

I looked for a job and found my faith

Two years ago (March 2009) I lost my job. I tried to get another but found nothing. When I was really desperate an aunt of mine gave me the St. Josemaria Escriva prayer and said, “Pray this every day and you’ll get a job.” [...]
Tags: Hope, Faith, Work

Document

How did Jesus die?

Jesus died, nailed to a cross, on the 14th day of Nisan, Friday April 7 in the year 30 AD. This can be deduced from a critical analysis of the Gospel accounts compared with the allusions to his death contained in the Talmud (cf. Sanhedrin [...]
Tags: Doctrine, Faith