"For her, labor is almost a kind of sanctification, " Ms. Sabbatino said.

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"All human realities, all the circumstances of human life, all the professions, every family and social situation, are means of sanctification, " Ocariz said.

NPR: A Glimpse Inside a Catholic 'Force': Opus Dei

The core idea revealed to Escriva in that 1928 vision, and unfolded in subsequent stages of Opus Dei's development, was the sanctification of ordinary life by laypeople living the gospel and Church teaching in their fullness.

NPR: A Glimpse Inside a Catholic 'Force': Opus Dei

Opus Dei is an international lay Catholic group whose core ideal is the sanctification of work.

NPR: A Glimpse Inside a Catholic 'Force': Opus Dei

One paradoxical reason for their current despondency is what might be called the sanctification of politics.

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The subjective is the invitation to individual persons to sanctification, meaning that all people, regardless of their station in life, are called to become saints.

NPR: A Glimpse Inside a Catholic 'Force': Opus Dei