Altamar is the monumental residence for spiritual retreats of Opus Dei in Mar del Sud, a seaside resort located in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires. The imposing façade of the building contrasts, however, with its interior asceticism. The Work of God or just “the Work”, as its faithful prefer to call it, … Read more
Just like how resolutions, trends or fashions are renewed every year. What trends in the area of health and wellness can we expect for this 2023? Today our Comprehensive Health Advisor, Charo Ortiz, brings us up to date. Hello, welcome to this new cycle. And to start off on the right foot. Today I want … Read more
“Watch and pray”, says the Gospel. This exhortation recurs repeatedly in both the Old and New Testaments. Why is mindfulness so fundamental to Christian spirituality? Do you know that Aleteia lives only thanks to the generosity of its readers? I GIVE Aleteia really needs you “We need nothing but a watchful mind,” said Abba Poemen … Read more
It will be presented tonight January 3, at 19, in the church of the Passionist Fathers a Novolithe book of Passionist Father Antonio Curto entitled “Fruits of sanctity of Passionist spiritual direction” (Editrice Salentina, 448 pages). The presentation is entrusted to Cesare Pradadirector of the Ministerio Hispano Institute of Passionist Spirituality «Holy Name Retreat Center» … Read more
Prayer healing is a personal practice that can be done in religious faith or not. If you need to go to a church, temple, mosque or synagogue to pray, here are the places I recommend. Call where you are, the Saint you call will always be there to answer at the right time. The forces … Read more
As Lent began on March 2, Brother Jean-Alexandre de Garidel returned to the importance of experiencing divine mercy. Faced with our trials and discouragements, this attribute of God invites us, for 40 days, to place ourselves under the loving gaze of the Lord. And not to make Lent a time of “spiritual performance”. Interview by … Read more
“Deliver us from Total”, “Warm hearts, not pipelines”. This week, a handful of activists blocked a Total station in Paris to protest against the international firm’s oil project in Uganda and Tanzania. Activists? Yes, but of a particular kind: a rabbi, an emeritus bishop, a pastor, an imam and a Buddhist monk (1), from the … Read more
Here is a verbatim French translation of this brief two-page text written in German. August 29, 2006 My spiritual testament If, at this late hour of my life, I look back on the decades that I have gone through, I see first of all how many reasons I have to give thanks. Above all, I … Read more
Unseated is the epithet we use metaphorically to say that we have fallen, not from our chair, worse, from our horse. The horse of its own certainties which gallops, with blinkers, towards what we take for reality. Saul, a Pharisee from Tarsus, goes on the road to Damascus to continue his work of extermination of … Read more
In the middle of paradise, or almost because it emerges in the bay of Cala Xarraca with its impressive views of the sea and its impossible sunsets, Six Senses Ibiza opens a new dimension of hospitality to soak up the magic of the white island the four seasons of the year . With a sustainable … Read more