Some years ago (about 1995), I attended one Opus Dei meeting, out of curiosity. I found out all I needed to know in one day. No, thank you.
There were several very odd things I saw, with the members present all behaving as though everything was normal, so in this way I knew that these oddities are par for the course. One was rather prominent: while gathered in a chapel, the group heard a sermon by a priest, and at the end there was a prayer.
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (born José María Mariano Escriba Albás), d. 1975, was known as "our Father," being considered as a sort of possession by the Opus Dei organization. In this context, at the start of this prayer after the sermon, the group spontaneously said in a loud voice the first two words thereof:
"OUR FATHER, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven..." etc. I noticed several of the more prominent members, sitting up in front, turning their heads and grinning knowingly at each other while they said "Our Father..."
Another very curious phenomenon is how the whole group (about 30 men) behaved in regards to a new prospective member (me!): While the group socialized for a period of about 20 minutes with donuts and coffee, I was approached in turn by 3 different men who introduced themselves, each with a particular purpose in mind. The principal point was they were hoping to obtain my BUSINESS CARD, which would be the means by which they would identify my line of work. This obtaining of my business card was a very SERIOUS affair. They tried to make it seem like a game or something fun. Even so, I did not give them my business card. They seemed rather put off by this failed agenda.
Later, I read up on stories that ex-Opus Dei members had to say about how it's run. Their goal is to get each member to the point of donating 10% of their business income, off the top, to Opus Dei by way of a formal agreement, a process which begins with each member giving them their business card! When I read that, I was pleased with myself for having been so prudent as to not hand one over to them even though they were so fixated on making that happen.
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