What Opus Dei Hides from Its Members

[@MarianoCurat]

Thanks for making these videos. I was a numerary for several years and I know that its not easy to explain Opus Dei to people that were not part of it.

[@YolaRT-t1p]

That is totally truth You can only talk about this with people that were inside Other people can never understand

[@CRISTINA-fw1rk]

Girl… I’m so sorry (not that you are not longer a numeracy, that’s ok if it wasn’t your call) but I’d be really sad if you left the Catholic Church and no longer have a relationship with God. I’ll pray for you

[@regishiskul1961]

I left the Work as a numerary decades ago. I realize I have never really unpacked it all. It’s a bad memory and I did my best not to think about it. I’m greatly blessed with an awesome wife, many kids and now many grandchildren. And a fulfilling career. A great life. I kind of shudder thinking what my life would have been if I hadn’t packed my bag and snuck out of Riverside when no one was looking! Thank you for these videos. Transparency and honesty are a blessing - something completely foreign to what I experienced in OD.

[@MariaAMC]

Thank you for saying this. It is way more important than you think.

[@Jackjohnjay]

Maybe you've addressed this in a video, but did you have trouble becoming a 'normal' Catholic again when you left in 2006 or after 2022 when you discovered the truth?

[@geekcritic]

thanks for doing this :)

[@vanpelt2321]

Excellent series and I'm sorry to see them end but go on with your life you must. OD has been part of my family's life since the 50s and I have many stories. One that I can share is that if you want to give a numerary a tight sphincter, just mention the Parochial Cooperators of Christ the King, a parallel organization of lay consecration founded by a charismatic young Spanish priest in the 1920s with the purpose of bringing Christ into the home, workplace, classroom, etc. However, since the founder, Francois Paul de Vallet, was a Jesuit the Spanish episcopacy had to decide whether to back a homegrown diocesan priest or a nasty, nefarious Jesuit. They threw their support behind Escriva. The miraculous founding of OD was nothing more than dirty Spanish ecclesiastical politics. The Parochial Cooperators are nearly acid washed from the internet so research them quickly. As for you, I hope you're healing and flourishing and all is well with your family and your new life.

[@CRISTINA-fw1rk]

I’ll be praying for you. I’m sad you went on that path, I it’s ok if ID wasn’t for you but I can assure you it is not bad, it is great and it does such an amazing job work. Everything about San José María is true and I really hope you are able to realize that some day. OD has helped me so much to love God and just in my life in the middle of the world. It doesn’t have to be necessarily your favorite but it’s another thing to o say that it lies and all that.

[@davidgilbert9606]

What if... you don't know what you don't know? What if you are judging by appearances and not reality?

[@ericchin739]

Are there any Opus Dei members who aren't MAGAts? Or are they essentially one in the same?!

[@geekcritic]

I know one director who kinda was, it caused a scandal, I saw the email

[@tharp6613]

Very sad. So many lives destroyed. They are bleeding the Church dry. I think Pope Francis understands. I had terrible spiritual attacks when I prayed that yellow prayer card to him. At one point, I took several black hefty bags and cleared out my shelves of OD and all other material from there and threw it all away. I then moved out of my apartment and in with my parents for awhile. I had to get a lawyer. Just tragic. I don’t agree with you though that the people - numeraries - are good people. What they are doing is evil. OD turns good people into evil ones. That is how I feel. They look good and sound good but they are bad.

[@CRISTINA-fw1rk]

Im so sorry to hear this. I wonder what happens to you to think this way, I love OD and it has done so much for me, it has strengthen my relationship with God so much

[@ryanscottlogan8459]

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