How can we be more contemplatives at the dinner table? Have we even thought about being contemplatives at the dinner table, going to a meal in and with God, with the eyes of faith?

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Join the St. Josemaria Institute for our annual Novena to the Immaculate Conception from November 30 to December 8.

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The feasts of All Saints and All Souls bring into focus the Church’s teaching on the Communion of Saints, highlighting the eternal destiny of all believers.

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The Church dedicates the entire month of October to the Holy Rosary so that individuals, families, and communities would pray the Holy Rosary, if possible, on a daily basis for peace in the world.

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God our Father has seen fit to grant us, in the heart of his Son, "infinite treasures of love," mercy and affection.

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Although we might associate St Teresa’s spirituality with the extraordinary—with her numerous visions, locutions, and ecstasies—yet for her, these were never the main issue, much less the goal of her prayer.

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"My devotion to Our Lady of Pilar has always accompanied me: my parents, with their Aragonese piety, instilled it in my soul since I was a child," said St. Josemaria.

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To become contemplative in the middle of the world could be described as relying on the Holy Spirit to “take the temple with us” to any setting, and thus to live the dream of the Fiddler to taste the sweetness of contemplation but without giving up the life of the milkman to do so. After all, it is God’s will that one of His own bring milk to His people. 

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The Gospel of the beatitudes, appointed for the solemnity of All Saints, is God’s prescription for human holiness and happiness (see Mt 5:1-12), but they aren’t things that would naturally be your “first pick.”

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St. Josemaria Escriva had a deep and personal devotion to the Archangels. He saw them as powerful intercessors and guides in the Christian life.

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The St. Josemaria Institute is pleased to share this interview with Catholic author Patrick O’Hearn, whose book "Humility of the Saints: The Litany of Humility Made Flesh" explores the virtue of humility through the lives of more than fifty-five saints and holy souls.

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The devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary helps us to meditate on the events in Our Lady's life when she lovingly and willingly united herself to her Son's self-giving and sacrifice on the Cross.

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St Augustine of Hippo, with an insight born from personal experience, attests that it is by one’s personal struggle to be pure in heart and chaste in body that this integration of love takes place both within a man and in his relationships with God and neighbor.

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Achilles’s deepest question nevertheless remains. It is not simply whether fieldwork possesses dignity. It is whether anything can answer death.

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Today, in union with the whole Church, we celebrate the triumph of the Mother, Daughter, and Spouse of God.

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Written during a period of uncertainty and confusion in the life of the Church, this collection of timeless homilies reveal St. Josemaria’s profound love for the Spouse of Christ and his unwavering trust in the Church’s divine mission.

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By now we in the Church are very comfortable applying the term vocation to any state in life that aims at serving God. We use the word broadly to indicate that everyone’s life has something to contribute to the up-building of the kingdom of God on earth and the salvation of souls.

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After nearly three decades in the demanding world of academia—a universe of relentless deadlines and constant interruptions—I have discovered that the principles of time management rooted in Catholic spirituality actually work.

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You must realize now, more clearly than ever, that God is calling you to serve him in and from the ordinary, secular and civil activities of human life.

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On the occasion of Saint Josemaria’s feast day on June 26, Fr. Andrea Mardegan offers a reflection on the spiritual fatherhood of the Founder of Opus Dei, and the meaning of the phrase “every soul has his or her own path.”

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