One thing is needful: Be with Jesus, praying

John Paul II - Ours is a time of continual movement which often leads to restlessness, with the risk of "doing for the sake of doing...

Why should prayer be the number one priority task of each day?

Reasons: 1) God is the end-goal of our lives. Better make sure we talk with him to keep focus on this ultimate goal. We do all our tasks for...

PRAYER OF ST. BONAVENTURE (A new translation)

Here is a new translation I prepared in connection with the General Monthly Intention of Opus Dei last year 2010 which goes up to February o...

‘He changed history through prayer’

Paolo Gambi meets Alberto Michelini, a distinguished Italian politician who has made an intensely moving film about Pope John Paul II Alber...

Benedict XVI: Escriva knew that we cannot make ourselves holy

Homily of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, at the thanksgiving Mass for the beatification of Josemaría Escrivá, In the Church of the Twelve Apostl...

Benedict XVI on Opus Dei

By Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, October 6, 2002 . An article by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, published on the occasion of the canonization ...

Everything depends on this - Benedict XVI

"Everything depends on this". With these words Benedict XVI described the absolute importance of the central reason he wrote Jesus...

How can I be holy if I am so weak and full of mistakes?

You and I, as everybody else, are called to holiness. This is an established fact in Catholic doctrine. Now the question is: How can I be a ...

Sanctity through prayer (John Paul II) and Love through contemplation (Benededict XVI)

John Paul II: Sanctity through a training in prayer John Paul II : Sanctity through a training in prayer is the most important priority...