“Una Luz Encendida” (A Lighted Lamp), first biography of Dora del Hoyo, first Assistant Numerary of Opus Dei I’ve just gotten hold of a copy of “Una Luz Encendida” and I’m enjoying it tremendously! Part of Chapter III ‘The Calling’, says: ” The truth was that Dora was a treasure and gift from God for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘St Josemaria’
At God’s Pace in Indonesian
January 12th, 2012
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“At God’s Pace” - bahasa Indonesia Our friend Widodo Budi from Indonesia tells us that the Indonesian edition of “At God’s Pace” is now out. “We wish that from this biography, our apostolate in Indonesia will be more stable and fruitful”, he says. Our friend Luis Velasquez shares with us the first audiobook (mp3) in [...]
May Pilgrimages
May 7th, 2011
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Every year, the Prelate reminds us that St Josemaría wanted all the people of Opus Dei to visit a sanctuary of Our Lady doing our pilgrimage, praying the Holy Rosary. I would like to share with you something I just found: a general guide for praying the Rosary, and a note on St Josemaría’s pilgrimages [...]
Hospice Care
January 28th, 2011
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Dr. Josefina “Jo” Magno – Hospice and Palliative Care The chapter “The Story of a Founder of the U.S. Hospice Movement” of the book “Women of Opus Dei” focuses on Dr. Josefina “Jo” Magno, an oncologist who established some of the first hospice programs in the United States and helped bring the hospice concept into the [...]
Peace
January 9th, 2011
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Religious freedom as the path to peace Peace is the “tranquility of order”, as defined by St Augustine and explained by St Thomas Aquinas in the Summa. ”Peace implies a twofold union… The first is the result of one’s own appetites being directed to one object; while the other results from one’s own appetite being united with the appetite of [...]
