Though I am not a member of Opus Dei, I admire the institution's stated purpose as an organization within the Catholic Church: spreading the universal call to holiness in ordinary life.
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I pray this Lent will be a season of genuine refocus. Come Easter, may each of us be a testament to the unflagging vitality and unstoppable power of a truly God-centered life.
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It can be debated how faithful Americans have been to President Washington’s vision, but in any event it should be noted that the virtues he outlined aren’t good and necessary because they’re American; Washington extolled them as American ideals because they were first good and necessary. Indeed, truth, justice, peace, and harmony transcend not only the United States, but humanity itself. They are attributes of God himself.
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Saints are people who lead “heroically virtuous” lives worthy of imitation. That need not be grandiose; in fact, it usually isn’t.
