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Chapter 5

           WeareacongregationofCatholicswhohavechosenasourprioritytofollowCatholicdoctrineasrigorouslyaswecaninourowndailylives.»

           «DoesGod’sWorknecessarilyincludevowsofchastity,tithing,andatonementforsinsthroughself-flagellationandthecilice?»

           «YouaredescribingonlyasmallportionoftheOpusDeipopulation,»Aringarosasaid.«Therearemanylevelsofinvolvement.ThousandsofOpusDeimembersaremarried,havefamilies,anddoGod’sWorkintheirowncommunities.Otherschooselivesofasceticismwithinourcloisteredresidencehalls.Thesechoicesarepersonal,buteveryoneinOpusDeisharesthegoalofbetteringtheworldbydoingtheWorkofGod.Surelythisisanadmirablequest.»

           Reasonseldomworked,though.Themediaalwaysgravitatedtowardscandal,andOpusDei,likemostlargeorganizations,hadwithinitsmembershipafewmisguidedsoulswhocastashadowovertheentiregroup.

           Twomonthsago,anOpusDeigroupatamid-westernuniversityhadbeencaughtdruggingnewrecruitswithmescalineinanefforttoinduceaeuphoricstatethatneophyteswouldperceiveasareligiousexperience.Anotheruniversitystudenthadusedhisbarbedcilicebeltmoreoftenthantherecommendedtwohoursadayandhadgivenhimselfanearlethalinfection.InBostonnotlongago,adisillusionedyounginvestmentbankerhadsignedoverhisentirelifesavingstoOpusDeibeforeattemptingsuicide.

           Misguidedsheep,Aringarosathought,hisheartgoingouttothem.

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