Homily given by the Prelate of Opus Dei for the feast-day of St Josemaria Escriva, 2012

Bishop Javier Echevarria

The invitation to work, to complement the work of creation, is the primordial vocation of every woman and every man. Rightly, then, did St Josemaria say that any honest work is “an indispensable means which God has entrusted to us here on this earth. It is meant to fill out our days and make us sharers in God’s creative power. It enables us to earn our living and, at the same time, to reap ‘the fruits of eternal life’” Tags: Javier Echevarria, Work, June 26, Year of Faith

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

Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei

The Opening Prayer of the Mass of St Josemaria summarize the basic points of the spirit of Opus Dei: “proclaiming the universal call to holiness and apostolate” as children of God in the middle of ordinary work and in the situations of daily life, in order to “serve the work of Redemption with burning love” through a personal apostolate of friendship and trust. Today I would like to dwell on that last aspect Tags: Apostolate, Faith, June 26

Homily by Robert Finn, Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph

Most Reverend Robert W. Finn, Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph

What is God’s plan for the spiritual transformation of the world? It is for all of us to live a way, a path, a ‘plan of life’ which constantly reminds us of God’s presence, steeps us in prayer, many small mortifications and loving sacrifices, interior conversion, sound direction, growth in virtue, life of the Sacraments, good reading of Sacred Scripture and other holy books. Tags: June 26, Holy Mass

Homily by the Prelate of Opus Dei, June 26, 2010

Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei

Following the teaching of St Josemaria, all honest human activities can be offered to God, sanctified, and turned into a means and opportunity for apostolate. Work, ... but also rest, which we need in order to renew our strength so that we can support our families and serve society. Tags: rest, Opus Dei prelate, Work, June 26

Homily on the Feast of Saint Josemaría, 2009

Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei

St Josemaria was a man in love with God, who also passionately loved the world and the people of all times, and passed on that same passionate love to them in his turn. Turning to his intercession help us to respond generously and joyfully to the plan God has for each of us. Tags: Javier Echevarria, Pope, Priesthood

Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei. Rome, June 26, 2008

Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei

Dear brothers and sisters, All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God (Rom 8:14). This is the astounding truth which the second reading of today’s Mass recalls, in the words of St Paul to the Romans. It is an essential truth [...] Tags: Javier Echevarria

Bishop Javier Echevarría in the Mass in suffrage for Mons. Álvaro Del Portillo. Rome, March17, 2008

Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei

Dear brothers and sisters. Today we offer this Eucharistic Sacrifice for the soul of the Servant of God Mons. Álvaro del Portillo, Prelate of Opus Dei, on the fourteenth anniversary of his dies natalis. We do so with six days of anticipation because the 23 of [...] Tags: Alvaro del Portillo, Generosity, Opus Dei prelate

Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei. Rome, June 26, 2007

Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei

Dear brothers and sisters, Nearly five years have now gone by since St Josemaría’s canonization, but the tidal wave of his example and teachings continues to spread around the world. His reputation for holiness keeps reaching new places, awakening in many souls the desire to seek [...] Tags: Opus Dei prelate