My First Meeting with St Josemaria

In connection with the visit of the Prelate of Opus Dei to Verona in December 2012, we publish a recent interview with Fr Ferdinando Rancan, a priest of the diocese of Verona, who first met Opus Dei in Rome in 1954. Q. Father Ferdinando, can you [...]
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Testimony

An anti-crisis priest

June 26 is the feast of St Josemaria Escriva, an anti-crisis priest. When I talk to children, and adults, about the saints whose pictures and statues adorn the walls of my church, I try to focus on one outstanding feature in each of them. Blessed [...]
Tags: Ordinary life, diocesan priests

Testimony

Jose Miguel Ibanez Langlois, Chile

One of the greatest joys of my life Fr Jose Miguel Ibanez Langlois was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1936. He was ordained a priest in 1960. He gained a PhD in Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid and another at the Lateran University in [...]
Tags: Canonization, Priesthood, diocesan priests

Video

Our Lady and St Joseph

During an encounter with diocesan priests in Guatemala, St Josemaria, the founder of Opus Dei, talked about devotion to our Lady and St Joseph in the life of a priest.
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We are not alone

God doesn’t abandon us. All priests, all Christians, can say with St Paul, “Non vivo ego, vivit vero in me Christus.”
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Document

Videoclips during the Year for Priests

For the Year for Priests proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, this website featured a series of videoclips showing St Josemaria in encounters with priests from different countries. In one of them, St Josemaria said, “I can tell you that I am overjoyed to see you, my [...]
Tags: Priesthood, Get-together, Catechetical trips, diocesan priests, Video-clip

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Love our Lady!

Father, could you tell us, more than ever in times like these, what genuine devotion we should have for our Blessed Lady as her sons, what our relationship with her should be as priests, to stay faithful to our priesthood?
Tags: Faithfulness, Priesthood, Holy Rosary, Our Lady, diocesan priests

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To be tranquil and serene

How can we be really tranquil and serene? What we can do is be Christ. I remember a secular diocesan priest – a secular priest like us. He lived in Valencia. He was a beneficiary of the Cathedral, that’s all. He lived a holy life and died with a [...]
Tags: Jesus Christ, Peace, Priesthood, Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, diocesan priests

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Don't be in a hurry

I wish that just by seeing you genuflect the faithful could say, 'This is a priest who loves Jesus Christ.'
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How can we be deeply human

A priest asks St Josemaria: “Father, how can we priests be deeply human, while we desire to be divine?”
Tags: Grace, Humility, Jesus Christ, Priesthood, diocesan priests