Opus Dei is a Catholic institution founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá. Its mission is to spread the message that work and the circumstances of everyday life are occasions for growing closer to God, for serving others, and for improving society. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/sec.php?s=769 http://www.opusdei.org/img/opusdeirss.gif http://www.opusdei.org.sg/sec.php?s=769 When you receive him, tell him: Lord, I hope in you: I adore you, I love you, increase my faith. Be the support of my weakness: You, who have remained defenceless in the Eucharist so as to be the remedy for the weakness of your creatures. (The Forge, 832) http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12642 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12642 The humility of Jesus: in Bethlehem, in Nazareth, on Calvary. But more humiliation and more self-abasement still in the Sacred Host: more than in the stable, more than in Nazareth, more than on the Cross. That is why I must love the Mass so much ('Our' Mass, Jesus...) (The Way, 533) http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12643 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12643 Isn't it strange how many Christians, who take their time and have leisure enough in their social life (they are in no hurry), in following the sleepy rhythm of their professional affairs, in eating and recreation (no hurry here either), find themselves rushed and want to rush the Priest, in their anxiety to shorten the time devoted to the most holy Sacrifice of the Altar? (The Way, 530) http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12641 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12641 Be a eucharistic soul! If the centre around which your thoughts and hopes turn is the Tabernacle, then, my child, how abundant the fruits of your sanctity and apostolate will be! (The Forge, 835) http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12640 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12640 You write: 'To pray is to talk with God. But about what?' About what? About Him, about yourself: joys, sorrows, successes and failures, noble ambitions, daily worries, weaknesses! And acts of thanksgiving and petitions: and Love and reparation. In a word: to get to know him and to get to know yourself: 'to get acquainted!' (The Way, 91) http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12639 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12639 It is difficult to make one's mark through quiet work and the proper fulfillment of our duties as citizens, so that later one can demand one's rights and place them in the service of the Church and of society. It is difficult, but it is very effective. (Furrow, 300) http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12638 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12638 Cor Mariae perdolentis, miserere nobis! -- Invoke the Heart of Holy Mary, with the purpose and determination of uniting yourself to her sorrow, in reparation for your sins and the sins of men of all times. And pray to her -- for every soul -- that her sorrow may increase in us our aversion from sin, and that we may be able to love the physical or moral contradictions of each day as a means of expiation. (Furrow, 258) http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12637 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=12637