Why is Opus Dei bad?  

1. Is it bad because it's an organization that seeks to accuмulate money and power?  

2. Is it bad for Catholics or a Catholic organizations in general to accuмulate money and power?  

Please help me with these two questions.

-Laramie

1. Is it bad because it's an organization that seeks to accuмulate money and power? 
2. Is it bad for Catholics or a Catholic organizations in general to accuмulate money and power? 

Re: #1: No. It's bad because it's Modernist.
Re: #2: Of course not, else founding a church would be a sin.
The Knights Templar, for example, started off orthodox, accuмulated wealth to fund the crusades (basically creating the first international banking system), but unfortunately they later started getting corrupted and being involved in occult rituals (which is what most people today think the Templars were).

There have been many threads here on Opus Judei. Here is one: 

https://www.cathinfo.com/catholic-living-in-the-modern-world/all-the-men-behind-the-opus-dei-curtain/msg548416/#msg548416 

Okay.  So Opus Dei is bad for who it is, not for what it is?

How did you interpret that from what I wrote?

"...they are a cult with some very high flying members, in both religious and secular circles. "

Yep, and you'll often find that the question is whether they want you, not whether you want them. A very closed society. People with lesser qualifications (in their eyes) are only good for washing dishes and changing the bed linens.

The purpose for Opus Dei is for its members to live the holiness that God calls them to live in the world. It helps many people. Liberals have a tendency to dislike them because of their success. Apparently they are not for everyone. 

PG, what do mean by "sacrifice substance for accident"? Can you explain and expound on that, please.

I agree.  That's an intriguing statement.  What does it mean?
I also asked this question over at Catholic Answers for giggles.  I'll post the replies here later.

 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.