"Let us persevere in the “battle of prayer,” without neglecting or
letting up in our effort, for any reason, in those conversations with
our Father God; let us dialogue with Jesus, our elder Brother, who
teaches us to draw close to his heavenly Father; let us give entrance in
our soul to the Paraclete, who wants to enkindle our hearts with God’s
love. And let us take as our intercessor the Blessed Virgin, Mother of
God and our Mother, who is the teacher of prayer; and also go to St.
Joseph, the angels and the saints, especially to St. Josemaria, who by
his teaching and example has shown us how to be contemplatives in the
middle of the world."
Bishop Javier Echevarria
Prelate of Opus Dei
Message for October 2011
