Opus Dei

2003 novel by Dan Brown

Personal Prelature of the Catholic Church

thumb|Mary Magdalene in cilice. Polychrome wood carving by [[Pedro de Mena, Church of San Miguel and San Julian, Valladolid]] A cilice , also known as a sackcloth, was originally a garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair (a hairshirt) worn close to the skin. It is used by members of various Christian traditions (including the Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, and Scottish Presbyterian churches) as a self-imposed means of repentance and mortification of the flesh; as an instrument of penance, it is often worn during the Christian penitential season of Lent, especially

Baroque Roman Catholic parish church in Vienna, Austria

'''Sant'Eugenio''' is a titular church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to Pope Eugene I (r. AD 654–657).

book by Josemaría Escrivá

association of Catholic priests attached to Opus Dei

Torreciudad is a Marian shrine in Aragon, Spain, built by Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei, and consecrated on July 7, 1975, under the title of Our Lady of Torreciudad. Devotion to Mary under the title of Virgin of Torreciudad is said to date back to the eleventh century. The Torreciudad Trust is responsible for the upkeep of the shrine and its financial needs.

In Christian liturgical worship, ; ), also known in Anglican prayer as the Suffrages or Responses, describe a series of short petitions said or sung as versicles and responses by the officiant and the gathered worshippers respectively. Versicle-and-response is one of the oldest forms of prayer in Christianity, with its roots in Hebrew prayers during the time of the Temple in Jerusalem. In many prayer books the versicles and responses comprising the are denoted by special glyphs: