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Red_Meg
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By this, are you referring to indulgences? Yes, there are indulgences attached to belonging to Opus Dei (or simply being a Cooperator!) on certain feast days throughout the year.
Beyond that, I imagine that anyone who has received a specific calling from God, be it to Opus Dei or any other organization, considers that in and of itself to be a tremendous blessing from God. I certainly do.
BTW, you had concerns about distance/time. If you know the center that is nearest to you, it is worth giving a phone call. If there are supernumeraries or cooperators scattered about your neck of the woods, then it is quite possible someone from the center makes regular trips to tend to them. Of course there are no guarantees, but it never hurts to ask.
Whilst poking around the 'net looking, I discovered that EWTN has a ton of stuff on The Work in its library. Some links I found, for your reading enjoyment… Shaw’s pamphlet on Opus Dei is a bit out of date (the founder has since been canonized and membership is now about 85,000) but is otherwise still quite helpful.
ewtn.com/library/PRIESTS/TRIGOPUS.HTM
www.ewtn.com/library/SPIRIT/OPUSLIFE.TXT
www.ewtn.com/library/SPIRIT/OD_SHAW.TXT
www.ewtn.com/library/SPIRIT/ODCOOP.TXT
Margaret
I feel that way sometimes! I heard a recent “Mother Angelica Classics” episode where she talked about offering up all the good people in the whole world to God so that she can “get it all.”
). Depending on the ‘flow’ of the day, he either goes out for a walk at lunch time or at 3:00. There’s a church half a mile from his office, so although it’s a mission church and locked during the day, he walks there praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. And then, stopping by an outdoor shrine of Our Lady, says one decade of the Rosary before walking back in prayer. If he goes at lunchtime, he usually eats his lunch at the shrine, too.
