In the spiritual life we have to reckon with a unique “balance of power” between what God can do and what we can do.
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Jesus has been invited once again to a dinner. His host has insisted on his coming, eager to offer Him a special reception. But an unexpected event interrupts them.
Pope St John Paul II in his 1980 encyclical letter “On The Mercy of God,” Dives In Misericordia, observed that modern man is uncomfortable with the idea of mercy.
St. Josemaria Escriva made his First Communion on April 23, 1912, exactly ten years after his Confirmation, and would always observe with unabashed fervor the anniversary of that wonderful day.
All sorts of questions fill the air on Easter morning, on that first morning of our new life: “Who will roll us back the stone?” “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?”
“The Collected Letters: Volume 1” by St. Josemaria Escriva is now available in English from Scepter Publishers.
A selection of podcasts, articles, and reflection questions to help guide your prayer during Holy Week and the Paschal Triduum.
The Lord wants us always to bear in mind two things: the mercy we have received, and where that mercy comes from: the Cross of Jesus.
In the meditations for this month’s Recollection, we reflect on “Encountering Jesus in the Eucharist” and “A Life of Service”.
The Church has one question for the world. It is a question asked of rich and poor, of the powerful and the weak, of those behind bars and those relaxing on the beach: Are you happy?
The Prodigal Son went out looking for heaven on earth. He was restless at home. He entertained a fantasy that things could be better elsewhere—in a faraway place, with different people, where he could be carefree, an anonymous rogue.
A friend of mine once told me: “You are never freer than when you are doing God’s will, and never less free than when you are doing your own.” There you have the Annunciation.
The devil’s “territory,” apart from those “kingdoms of the world” he claimed as his own when tempting Christ, might be difficult to map out—it was, after all, into the swept and tidied house that the unclean spirit returned with a company of devils worse than himself (cf. Lk 4:5; Mt 12:43-45).
As a teenager, St. Josemaria Escriva followed the normal course of a high school student. He aimed to be a good student, get excellent grades, and dreamed of being an architect. Becoming a priest was not what St. Josemaria had originally thought was for him.
The St. Josemaria Institute is pleased to share a “Spiritual Toolkit” to celebrate and aid our devotion to St. Joseph in preparation for his feast day on March 19.
God wants us to remember. Satan wants us to forget. By distractions, promises, and vanities Satan dupes us into forgetting how merciful God has been to us.
We are at the beginning of Lent: a time of penance, purification and conversion. It is not an easy program, but then Christianity is not an easy way of life.
In the meditations for this month’s Recollection, we reflect on “A Dialogue With Jesus” and “St. Joseph: Model of Creative Courage”.
Beginning on Ash Wednesday, the St. Josemaria Institute invites you to join us each week of Lent as we open our hearts to Jesus and wonder at His love.
in Lent
The St. Josemaria Institute is pleased to share a curated selection of resources to help you begin again and to help you advance in your faithfulness to Christ and in your desire for holiness this Lenten season.