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Like other forms of meditation, Christian meditation starts with mindfulness. Unlike them, it is essentially a dialogue with the "Love that moves the sun and the other stars" (Dante), and leads to a deeper friendship with Jesus Christ. In these recordings, Opus Dei priests reflect and pray out loud to stir hearts to this dialogue. A new meditation is released each week.

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Lent, Confession, and the Passion of Christ

Let us live a holy desire to correspond to all the graces we receive during Lent. May these be days of conversion for us. The sacrament of confession will bring to our soul the power of the passion,...

3 years ago

What We Learn from Saint Joseph

Let us ask Saint Joseph to teach us to be the salt of the earth. Saint Joseph was a courageous soul, an ordinary man who went unnoticed, on whom God relied to do great things. With Joseph as our model...

3 years ago

Be the Man God Wants You to Be

We all have a mission as sons and daughters of God. That mission is to make Christ present in this world. Jesus asks each of us, are you willing to do it? Can you drink the cup that Jesus drank? Let u...

3 years ago

The Real Meaning of Lent

We are entering Lent, a time of self-denial and penance. It can be easy to see this period largely as a time of greater discipline, of sacrifice, of making myself the best version of myself that I can...

3 years ago

Mortification: Finding Joy in the Cross

Jesus has addressed this call to each one of us: Unless you take up your cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. Let us respond to this call, giving thanks to God. There we will discover joy. ...

3 years ago

Bearing Witness to the Love of Christ

Jesus told his disciples: “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you;...

3 years ago

Working with Love for God

A meditation by Father Thomas Bohlin....

3 years ago

Being a Friend of Jesus

The Christian faith is not an abstract idea but a personal encounter with Jesus as a friend. He is not a distant being far removed from our daily life, but talks to us and walks side by side with each...

3 years ago

Living Like a Child before God

Even though the Christmas season has ended, Jesus remains with us. Every day can be a Christmas for us, because we can receive Christ in the Eucharist. Christ is our strength and consolation. We are ...

3 years ago

For God Has Loved Us First

Christ Jesus, the Word, the second person of the Blessed Trinity, came to us as a helpless infant. If Jesus, being God, humbled himself to be with us, what does that say about how we should live? Imit...

3 years ago

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