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Like the first Christians

On the anniversary of Opus Dei's founding, the Prelate has written an extensive pastoral letter on the importance of formation for the spiritual life and the new evangelization. "The easiest way to understand Opus Dei is to consider the life of the early Christians. They lived [...]
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Successor of St. Josemaría speaks about the film "There Be Dragons"

www.romereports.com March 27, 2011. The director Roland Joffé traveled to Rome to present his film on St. Josemaria Escriva at the Vatican. The film takes place during the Spanish Civil War. Among those in attendance, were those who knew St. Josemaría before he died in 1975. Bishop [...]
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Successor of St. Josemaria Escrivá speaks about the film "There Be Dragons"

www.romereports.com March 27, 2011. The director Roland Joffé traveled to Rome to present his film on St. Josemaria Escriva at the Vatican. The film takes place during the Spanish Civil War. Among those in attendance, were those who knew St. Josemaría before he died in 1975. Bishop [...]
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February 16, 1932: “Deeds are love – not sweet words”

This divine locution gave rise to n. 933 in The Way: "There is a story of a soul who, on saying to our Lord in prayer, ‘Jesus, I love you,’ heard this reply from heaven: ‘Love means deeds, not sweet words.’ "Think if you also [...]
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Benedict XVI, source of light and strength

The 5th anniversary of the election of Benedict XVI Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei It is five years since the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the successor of St Peter at the head of the Catholic Church. On April 2, 2005 Pope John Paul [...]
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Spanish Priests

Bishop Javier Echevarria, the prelate of Opus Dei, will speak at a conference on twentieth-century priests connected with the diocese of Valencia, Spain, on February 5, 2010. His paper will be about Opus Dei founder St Josemaria Escriva. The life of the founder of Opus [...]
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Christmas letter

Bishop Javier Echevarria, in his Christmas letter, comments on the liturgical texts for Advent in the light of some of the writings of Pope Benedict XVI and St Josemaria, to explain the true meaning of Christmas. December offers us many opportunities to prepare for the [...]
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Dedication of a church to St Josemaria in Mexico DF

On July 28 2009 the first church dedicated to St Josemaria in Mexico was consecrated in Santa Fe, Mexico DF. The parish church of St Josemaria will be looked after by priests of the Opus Dei prelature, at the request of Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera. [...]
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Homily on the Feast of Saint Josemaría, 2009

Today we are offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass to God in the liturgical commemoration of St Josemaria Escriva, whom God our Lord “raised up in the Church to proclaim the universal call to holiness and apostolate”. We do so in union with thousands of [...]
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Bishop Echevarria’s testimony

Bishop Echevarria met St Josemaria in 1948 and worked closely with him from 1953. In 1994 he succeeded Bishop del Portillo as Prelate of Opus Dei.
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