Nadir - thanks for that link to a personal testimony by a former member.  That was worth reading.

Has your question been answered, Laramie?

Yes.  It's a good thread.  I appreciate the various links especially.  Thanks.  

Yes, it appears that Opus Dei is a materialized power structure for the Novus Ordo mindset.  In my opinion, this is why Opus Dei is bad.  Not because it is an organization that is secret, and not because Opus Dei is pseudo-secret about itself.  

I do not think that a Catholic organization is bad simply because it is gaining power.  I don't think a Catholic organization is bad if it is secret.  I do not think a Catholic organization is bad if it is gaining influence and power.  Why?  Basically, if we EVER want to see Catholics gain some kind of a foothold in the world, then we are going to need money and power.  Just like the Medieval Age.  

For example, let us suppose you want to see America transform into a Catholic monarchical confessional state.  You are going to need to have a structure.  A network.  A group with power.  Furthermore, if this group is to have power, they are going to need money.  

I said in a recent post on my blog: "Catholics, these days, now have an aversion to material things.  Again, we are not living at the height of the Middle Ages.  One glance at the spartan designs of post Vatican II parishes will tell that story.  For more than a generation, there has been utter contempt for the materialistic and "triumphalist" development of the Catholic Church."

http://thehirschfiles.blogspot.com/2017/05/why-catholics-dont-tithe-as-much-as.html

A powerbase of Catholic strength facing off against the crappy bi-factional ruling party of this failed nation would give me great hope.  I would love to see some sort of a Catholic Party in this country.  

That being said, such a Catholic organization(s) would need to not be a Novus Ordo wreck.  This catty, modernist, Voris-style "beige liberalism" Catholic nonsense will NOT DO.  Nor will anything as dishonest as the coercive nature of this Opus Dei organization.  Reading the testimonials of this thing, I can see that its existence is dubious.  I could be wrong, but at this point, red flags come up for me after reading what you all have linked to.  

I don't think a lot of Catholics put their money into various parishes and Catholic organizations because they expect their money to be squandered.  But if there were some sort of organization of Catholics whose sole intention was to accuмulate strength and power--UNCOMPROMISINGLY--I think that would give a lot of hope to Catholics, renew their spirits, and inspire them to contribute to the effort.  ...the war effort.  Because  this is cultural war.  

North America was Catholic first.  This period of Hebraic Puritanism on this continent can end if we just ride out to meet it.  

My Catolica America series is all about justifying, laying out, discussing, and enforcing the idea of a solid, tangible gain for Catholics in this region.  


But as for Opus Dei, I am surprised people dislike it on the basis that it is a secret organization that gains wealth.  There is a time and place when wealth is necessary.  

Interesting quote:
"In my opinion, this is why Opus Dei is bad.  Not because it is an organization that is secret, and not because Opus Dei is pseudo-secret about itself. "
Secrecy always gives rise to speculation, rumors, gossip, hearsay, etc.  I knew the SSPX was on its way down when Bishop Fellay started doing "negotiations" in secret.  The truth never operates in secret.  Our Lord told the Jєωs: " I have spoken openly to the world: I have always taught in the ѕуηαgσgυє, and in the temple, whither all the Jєωs resort; and in secret I have spoken nothing."
If only "Catholic" organizations would have such a policy.
The same problem exists within the Knights of Columbus.  All these secrets is just immaturity masquerading as sophistication.  I just wish these people would grow up.

There is nothing evil per se in secrecy. It is like a knife or a gun - which can used for good purpose or for evil. It all depends on what you do with it, and for what purpose you use it.
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Openness is the way to win friends. Secrecy, as WW says, gives rise to speculation, rumors, gossip, hearsay, etc, but not always. 
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We know why the early Christians secreted themselves in catacombs etc. For them it was a matter of life and death. It was never so they could climb in society and make lots of money and gain power. That is not the sort of things genuine folk do, if they are disciples of Jesus, who had nowhere to lay His head. It is not the way to conquer nations for Christ. 

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There were, of course, rich Christians in those early days, who provided their homes converting them to Churches. Neither is there evil in riches, provided  they are used responsibly and generously for the Kingdom.

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