Qualcuno sa darmi maggiori informazioni sull'opus dei ?
E' realmente una setta come dicono (io non ci credo molto), oppure e' un semplice "ritiro" spirituale ? Fanno il lavaggio del cervello ? Qualcuno di voi ne e' mai stato o ne e' membro ?
Leggendo i siti online, come al solito, si legge di tutto dal sono nazisti al sono santi...
Inoltre ho trovato questo :
Newsgroups: es.charla.politica
From: roma...@my-dejanews.com - Find messages by this author
Date: 1998/08/03
Subject: a day in the opus dei
A numerary member of Opus Dei is a member who takes vows of celibacy.
Typically, numeraries live in Opus Dei centers and are either college
students or working professionals. Usually, Opus Dei centers are large
houses or mansions located in affluent neighborhoods. Opus Dei centers are
governed by a director, an assistant director and a secretary, with the
director holding the most control.
While a student at Boston College, I joined Opus Dei as a numerary member
and moved into an Opus Dei center prior to my junior year. The following
summarizes what a typical day was like for me as an Opus Dei numerary.
While I am not claiming that all numeraries live their lives as I have
stated, the essence of the following is a reality for many.
Not much of my life was "unregulated". Everything I did was accounted for
to the director of the center where I lived. Periodically I handed in a
"schedule " detailing my daily whereabouts. Opus Dei consumed the whole of
my life. As time passed, I became less aware of the world around me, even
though I lived and moved in it. My vision was so narrowed by my Opus Dei
involvement that I could not think without Opus Dei at the forefront. I
adopted the superior attitude that "Opus Dei is always right and everyone
else is wrong if they don't agree."
Opus Dei claims that it has no influence whatsoever on the secular lives of
its members; you may decide for yourself if this is true after reading the
following:
5:40 AM Loud knock on the door. Jump out of bed, kiss the floor and
silently say "Serviam" (Latin for "I will serve.") Jump into a cold
shower, while praying for the intentions of the current prelate (at the
time, Alvaro del Portillo, now deceased.) Whip buttocks privately while
reciting a prayer.
6:15 AM Half hour of meditation with an Opus Dei priest.
6:45 AM Daily Mass in Latin.
7:45 AM Breakfast. Slip a cilice, or spiked chain, around the thigh and
wear it for two hours.
8:00 AM Vacuum two rooms in house while wearing a white uniform.
Numeraries wear white uniforms while cleaning, whereas the workers who are
not members wear blue uniforms. The white uniform demands respect;
class distinction isquite common in Opus Dei.
9:00 AM Meet with director for weekly "chat". Discuss girls who could
possibly join Opus Dei. Lay out plan to "draw each girl closer to Opus Dei"
(e.g. "I will invite her to the Opus Dei meditation," or "I will try to
persuade her to go to an Opus Dei priest for confession.") Discuss how
often I have recited the "prayer card" of devotion to "the Father" (meaning
Escriva). Discuss any doubts or troubles about vocation.
9:45 AM After informing director I am leaving (this is required), leave
for class at university using public transportation and/or walking. Fifteen
minutes
of "spiritual reading'' while riding on bus (book must be pre-approved by
director and is usually written by the Founder, an Opus Dei member., or a
pre-Vatican II writer.)
100 AM Class at university.
12:00 PM Pray the "Angelus" at lunch with a friend (who is not a member of
Opus Dei). Ask her if she would consider going on an Opus Dei retreat.
1:00 PM Classes until 3:45 PM.
4:00 PM Weekly meeting with potential Opus Dei members called "the circle."
Participants listen to a numerary who talks about a topic such as study,
prayer, or spiritual direction. Quotes from Founder are always the basis of
the talk. Questioning by the potential members is not allowed; rather, they
are expected to absorb what is said and adopt as much of the Opus Dei "plan
of life" as possible. (The "plan of life" consists of all the prayers and
activities required of Opus Dei members.)
4:45 PM Return to Opus Dei center. Recite Opus Dei prayer cards silently
while walking on campus or on the way to or from school. Check in with the
director upon arrival.
50 PM Half hour of meditation (about 95% of the time using some work of
the Founder to meditate with.)
6:00 PM Dinner
60 PM Rosary; recitation of the Preces, a collection of prayers in
church Latin recited daily by Opus Dei members. Non-members rarely see
these prayers.
7:00 PM Class on Latin, given by the director of the center.
70 PM Study/homework.
8:15 PM Class on Spanish. All members must learn Spanish since it is the
primary language of the Founder.
9:00 PM "Get-together" with all the numeraries in the house. Discuss
girls who came close to "whistling" (joining) Opus Dei while on a trip to
Rome for college students (sponsored by Opus Dei through its international
front group "UNIV".)
9:45 PM Examination of conscience, night prayers. Anyone who needs to
stay up later must ask the director's permission. After night prayers,
numeraries are not allowed to speak until after Mass the following morning.
10:00 PM Kneel before bed and with arms stretched outward, recite three
Hail Marys for purity while sprinkling the bed with holy water. Sleep on a
board which lies on top of the mattress. Sleep without a pillow once a
week.
Prayer cards, meditation, spiritual reading, the circle, and get-together
add up to a very large percentage of the numerary's time spent on thoughts
about the Founder and about Opus Dei. None of the activities shown above
were optional, since Opus Dei demands absolute obedience to the directors.
Those who obeyed Opus Dei were guaranteed that they were doing "God's
will." Was it really "God's will," or was it merely the will of men?
Psalm 118:8 warns "It is better to trust the Lord than to put confidence in
men".
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Atentamente
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Romario
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