Correspondence: faithfulness

Therefore, my very dearest daughters and sons, pray and be faithful – multum enim valet deprecatio iusti assidua (Jas 5:16) – for prayer is worth much, and always has been and must be our great weapon. Work and be joyful, serene and firm, responding fully to your vocation, to the simple, sincere spirit of Opus Dei. Filii lucis estis et filii diei (1 Thess 5:5), you are all children of the light and children of the day, and in the bright streets we walk in the radiance of the sun.

When I think of you and your desire for fidelity – and I keep you constantly in mind – I feel the need to tell you in the words of Sacred Scripture, I am acting with great boldness towards you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy (2 Cor 7:4).

God’s mercy towards us: his call

How good the Lord is! He has sought us out and taught us this holy way of being effective, by surrendering our lives quite simply, loving everyone in God, and sowing peace and joy among men and women. Jesus, how very, very good you are! Iesu, Iesu, esto mihi semper Iesus!

I pray to God, my children, that this joy and peace, in union with Jesus Christ, Our Lord, and with Holy Mary, our Mother, may be with you always.

Your Father blesses you in the Lord.