Number of articles: 29

Make a Virtual Visit to 7 Churches #StayHome

Many Catholics around the world visit seven churches after Mass on Holy Thursday. This year we have a unique opportunity to travel much farther virtually, accompanying Jesus through spiritual visits to churches around the world.

Fostering Interior Life

Audio Meditation of the Prelate: Christ, Mirror of our Weakness

Transcript and audio recording in English of reflections by Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz on the meaning of Holy Week (third in a series of four).

Prelate of Opus Dei

Webcam: Pray by Saint Josemaria's Tomb, Contemplating the Cross

On Tuesday April 7th, a webcam located in the prelatic church of Our Lady of Peace will offer live streaming of the tomb of St. Josemaría, for those who want to prepare for Holy Week praying by his side. Two 45-minute connections will be made, at 11am and 4pm from Rome (GMT+2).

News

Audio Meditation of the Prelate: The New Commandment

Transcript and audio recording in English of reflections by Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz on the meaning of Holy Week (second in a series of four).

Prelate of Opus Dei

Holy Week: "He Loved Them to the End"

"At the heart of the Liturgical year lies the Paschal Mystery, the Triduum of our Lord’s Crucifixion, Death and Resurrection. The whole history of salvation revolves around these holy days."

Fostering Interior Life

Audio Meditation of the Prelate: United in the Last Supper

Transcript and audio recording in English of reflections by Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz on the meaning of Holy Week (first in a series of four).

Prelate of Opus Dei

Holy Thursday Homily of the Prelate

Homily given by Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz on 18 April 2019 in the prelatic church of Our Lady of Peace, in Rome. "We need Christ to definitively heal our own freedom."

Publications, Interviews, and Other Messages

Natasha and Viktoria: from Kazakhstan to Rome

Natasha, 17, and Viktoria, 18, made their First Holy Communion this year in Rome, but both of them discovered the Catholic faith in their native Kazakhstan.

Personal testimonies

"No one is excluded from Christ's love"

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz's homily for Holy Thursday Mass "in cena Domini," given on 13 April in the prelatic church of Our Lady of Peace in Rome.

From the Prelate