Let's see, Opus Dei's founder, Fr Eschriva... during the Last Crusade when Spanish priests were dying for the faith, this guy chickened out and hid in an insane asylum, where he did a very good job convincing the Commies he was loony as 10 hours of Bugs Bunny.
When it comes to sacrificing substance for accident, I am reminded of those old Canon camera commercials where this professional photographer proclaims that "Image is Everything". A good example of sacrificing substance for accidents is the New York Times, which really does not have anything to say but says it with very glitzy pictures and flashy prose.
It is bad to accuмulate money and power. The St Paul tells us that Our Lord Jesus Christ did not deem equality with God as something to be grasped, but rather emptied himself, taking the form of a slave. When we try to accuмulated money and power we are either evil or seeking evil under the appearance of good, as per the exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola.
One of the reason we are in this mess is because many people do not trust in God, including the popes, and feel they must be relevant to the modern world rather than Faith and Tradition.
Our Lord tells us not to worry about the future or material things. Yes, we must act prudently according to our duties of state, but we must never fall prey to disordered cares, that we would compromise our ideals to attain material things.
Moreover, wealth is a burden. Just ask anybody who has a boat, or an extra car or cottage, how much they love keeping it clean and etc... :P
As fir Octopus Dei, by their fruits do we know them, and they have more fruits and nuts than California.