Silas was not the name I was given at birth, but it is more my name than any other could have been. It was bestowed upon me by my beloved mentor, Manuel Aringarosa, who was responsible for my redemption. Through his goodness I was able to turn away from a world of sin and start out upon the path of a clean life, guided by faith in God ( Read more... )

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

- from the Song of SolomonSilas, in his infinite devotion to the Lord, made it his mission to learn as much of the Bible as he could by heart. It was the most beautiful poetry in the world; it was nourishment for his soul and the most exquisite promise of forgiveness and redemption. He ( Read more... )

I don’t mean to boast when I say this - vanity is a sin, after all, and I try to live a life where I strive against sin - but one accomplishment that I have, one that others would not expect me to have, is - well, to put it bluntly, I’m a rather good cook ( Read more... )

When I was a child, I didn’t have many toys. My family was poor, and my drunken father often broke the few that I did have. It was one of the ways he used to hurt and humiliate me. He never wanted me, his albino son, the one he saw as a ghost and a disappointment. It was my mother who loved me, and who managed to get for me the few playthings I did ( Read more... )

Silas didn’t know who the young woman was - she was a numerary and a nun, just as he was a numerary and a monk, and she lived at Opus Dei Headquarters, just as he did. But surely she should be spending more time in the women’s quarters, far away from Silas? Male and female numeraries were strictly segregated in their living arrangements ( Read more... )

“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home ( Read more... )

What do I wish someone would invent? Well, to tell you my honest opinion of the matter, there are really no inventions of a particular kind I that I yearn for. Unless there was a foolproof way for people to find God, but it is really up to every individual to discover faith for him or herself. Our Heavenly Father granted us free will, after all, ( Read more... )

"The problem, of course, was that people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work it out themselves, they would never bother. They would just find what was best for them, and then they would call that the right thing. That's how most people ( Read more... )

“Wow, man, that’s really cool ( Read more... )

Good Friday is a very holy time for Christians - especially for the numeraries of Opus Dei. Silas spends much time at prayer around the sacred holidays, for he is a devout Catholic and monk, and his religion is the focus of his life. It was the Church, through his mentor, Manuel Aringarosa, which was the source of his redemption, after all. Silas ( Read more... )