First letter from St. Josemaria to all members of the Work

March 24th, 1930 First letter from St. Josemaria addressed to all members of the Work. Since then, St. Josemaria (and after him, his successors) have kept the custom of writing a pastoral letter addressed to all members and friends of the Work. For a long time now, the letter has been handwritten on a monthly basis - even if the Prelate is in the middle of an apostolic trip, as it can be seen in the date and place of some of the letters, which are not always from his home in Rome. The letter has always been available in all centres and for some years now, since the availability of information through the internet, accesible online or for download from opusdei.org. The most recent letter can be read here.

One year after, on this same date, March 24th, 1931 came the second letter from St. Josemaria addressed to all members of the Work.

And in 1939, on this same date, an important letter came from St. Josemaria, written from Burgos, where he asks all to start the custom of reciting Psalm #2. “Every Tuesday, each of us, after invoking each our Guardian Angel asking him to accompany us in prayer, will kiss the rosary as a sign of love to our Lady and to imply that prayer is our most efficacious weapon. Then we will recite Psalm 2, in Latin”.