Christian customs: Novena to the Holy Spirit

The Novena to the Holy Spirit is a long-standing custom through which the Church encourages the faithful to prepare for the descent of the Holy Spirit in the best possible way. Some prayers to the Holy Spirit, in preparation for Pentecost, are downloadable here in pdf [...]
Tags: Holy Spirit, Prayer, God

Document

A close-up portrait

What was St Josemaria Escriva like? A new book, Dios y Audacia (“God and Daring”) by Cardinal Julian Herranz, offers a fresh, close look at the man that many people call the “patron saint of ordinary life”, or the “patron saint of work”. Cardinal Herranz says, [...]
Tags: Youth, books, Daring, God

Testimony

Like a Play Written by God

I am an actor and right now I work at the Burgtheater in Vienna. In order to describe the enormous enrichment that my life has gained from the life and teachings of Josemaria Escriva, I have to outline briefly the circumstances in which I met [...]
Tags: God

Testimony

Understanding what God is like

I was born in Stockholm and have lived here all my life. I was lucky enough to grow up in a deeply Christian family. My father is Catholic, my mother Protestant, and I have three siblings. All of us were baptized in the Catholic Church [...]
Tags: Friendship, Apostolate, Youth, Interior life, Ordinary life, God