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

As for that other Jobs, Steve, we went through a little de-sanctification this week.

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

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"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 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

Only a layperson can decide how a particular lawsuit, or surgery, or newspaper article, can be made an offering to God, carrying others toward sanctification.

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

This is why one of the leading symbols for Opus Dei is a simple cross within a circle the symbolism betokens the sanctification of the world from within.

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