Opus Dei aims to serve the Church

By Oli, London UK at Super Duper

One of the accusations leveled against Opus Dei is that it is a "Church within the Church". Opus Dei is not a Church within the Church. It aims to serve the Church. It is not a drive to create some sort of pristine 'inner space', unrelated to and unaffected by the outer world. The vocation to Opus Dei is to the sanctification of one's work and apostolate- bringing other people closer to Christ.

St Josemaria said that "our cell is the street"- we are called to be saints in the middle of the world. if our lives seem cosy and comfortable, we know we are not being generous enough. if we have surrounded ourselves only with people who think like us, we are not 'in the world'.

One only has to read a newspaper- even just to spend one minute in any London street- to see how much work needs to be done, how many people look lost and directionless, how many sins are committed through ignorance, how many sins are committed because 'good' people do nothing. These are sins of omission on the part of those who know better as well as on the part of the perpetrator- think of the slow approval of human hybrids...

We each have a role to play in making this world a better place, and that is our vocation. Whether or not you are called to serve God in Opus Dei, He has asked you to serve Him in some way, and by saying yes to that call and being faithful you will become a saint.

Let us pray not to be lead into temptation , because to be immersed in the world yet keep one's heart for Christ is impossible without grace...