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Opus Books - opuslibros.org has always been a contentious issue since the beginning of this website. It is a subject on which I do not usually talk, but will make an exception ;-)
First, I leave a link with my opinion on opuslibros , which in essence can be summarized in that I have great admiration for about all of them. And, in general, I agree with what you say there . Here you can read my personal opinion Complete Book on Opus .
And secondly, I copy below a message from a friend, Alfonso Aguilo , where he writes his personal-opinion-also on opuslibros.org . It's a good tirade, but I can give ideas. Here I copy your message and I hope your commentator
The Opuslibros website critics congregate Opus Dei. It is a portal whose common denominator, a group of people who, for various reasons, are hurt.
Although initially took a path of moderate and constructive criticism, has been radicalized, and for years the testimonies, almost entirely, are headed by resentment and animosity . is rare to see a positive testimony , and when ever they post any, is immediately a series of attacks that message, with a surprising and irritability with the usual presumption that anything that comes to them than negative can only come from a person of Opus Dei, which is presumed to write falsely or, probably, by a sort of "order" of its directors. Even in cases where evidence or comments that negative items were not clearly outweigh the positive there has been a similar phenomenon, which has led to a curious style, in which the political correctness of this virtual space itself makes nobody dares to say a positive note without accruing before and after a bunch of negative ratings.
is obvious that personal suffering manifest these personal testimonies are always worthy of respect and attention , and that may have occurred and subjectively. It is also clear that all of them, like everyone else, are free to express as see fit. And it is also clear that almost messianic commitment some of them to denigrate the Opus Dei is an option that can be taken freely. But that does not mean that these texts, the vast majority, are plagued by general insults, lawsuits, negative assumptions about the intentions of the people, misrepresentations, errors, and, not infrequently, they can hardly slip lies in good faith.
Throughout the lives of tens of thousands of people in Opus Dei, in many different countries, and over tens of years, is sure to has been time and opportunity unfortunate actions and Some of them may even be deplorable also by people in positions of authority in the work, they make mistakes like everyone else. Everyone try to warn our mistakes and make amends, and in that sense, any constructive criticism is always welcome, because, as Saint Augustine said, the attacks can often be more useful than praise, and that "many times we pervert Friends to flatter and, instead, correct the enemies insult us. "
Therefore, one can not but acknowledge the effort that some of them do to ensure that all such testimony help improve people of Opus Dei . In this regard, Newman stated that "no be confused malicious criticism or phrases that are hurtful to the real arguments. " When reading texts Opuslibros is not difficult to distinguish from each other, but sad to say that the constructive is a minority and that many of those who write here openly acknowledge that they do not want to say anything positive, although there is much between what we have lived or that its purpose is to emphasize the worst in order to seek more effective in their criticism, perhaps forgetting that supposedly so good does not justify the lack of truth in the media they use.
The reality is that the negative effect they have produced those texts in the faithful of Opus Dei, or those familiar with the Work has been little , once they recognize the lack of objectivity in carrying so much resentment, and in many cases has even positive. Perhaps that is why Newman said that "sometimes our enemy becomes friend is sometimes stripped of virulence evil that made him so scary, sometimes it destroys itself, or wanting to do evil does good, then disappears. In general, the Church has no more than continue their own duties, with peace and confidence, remain calm and trust in God's salvation. "
Another curious question that can be seen is how most of the writings of Opuslibros surprisingly fall into the same defects as reported . For example, accuse Opus Dei that its corporate website and in its official publications everything is monochromatic and no room for dissent, when that is precisely what happens to them while they boast of interactivity, which does not the Work in such media. Also tear their hair out claiming that the work place constantly alleged lack of respect for privacy or secrecy natural conversations, and then they subtract documents and illegally posted on websites , discredit publicly people names, insult and disqualify using personal information obtained by virtue of his previous responsibilities , etc. Sometimes they complain that there is a great authoritarianism and they fall in a dogmatic tone that does not support replication or qualification. speak of terrible evils that are done every day in the work, and they boast of having spent decades there, and one with more responsibilities, but do not seem to have participated or have no guilt in all these alleged atrocities .
When meeting a group of people whose main link is, in most cases, hatred towards something , it is difficult not soon have been exhausted talking about goals and what has become a competition "to see who says one thing more ingenious or more powerful or more Treva "toward the object of their resentment. It's similar to some discussions that some divorced spend their lives trying to convince everyone that his "ex" is an undesirable person that has done since the first day and Nosecuantos years all sorts of evils, unaware realize that their constant complaints do nothing but show little ability to meet people, or impressionable and fickle they are, or how little truth in all these justifications that no one asked. When these comments were made in a large group, each talking about their "ex" with large doses of resentment, wanting to add each one more reason to assert always all the same thing, offending a lot for any contribution that does not corroborate their dogmatism, the result is a spiral of pleasure in hearing what you want to hear, and somewhat anxious search for justification of his own biography , with a vehemence that given enough thought. That
sense, this site appears to meet that goal, there will always be people that instead of facing the future withdrawal of feeding the resentment and find new grounds for ill will, or to seek the comfort of a certain solidarity victimization. Perhaps more than one is due to the psychology that tends to recall the past highlighting the negative and ignoring the positive side, applying a filter dye and victims who mess it all up finish in practice largely rewriting their own history in a manner that is false.
As so furious attack any dissenting opinion and is considered a terrible cruelty doubt the mere fact any of the evils that they have received, his speech just drifting in a chorus of mutual admiration in which everyone already knows what to say and what I like to listen. not allowed to talk to people who have been in the work and are grateful , when anyone with a bit of time in the work known to be the most . not intervene in a serene stop people from Opus Dei, and instead of addressing their reasons for saying that the disqualified are the voice of his master , to the point that they all know it is useless to think homework in that environment . Opening its full capacity is given from time to time the possibility that the Work has perhaps a few who still do a few things well, but making it clear that those few are just some poor unsuspecting pursued by the Prelature, or some poor inept. Funny how times are disqualified as TAS block all of the Work, so brutal, and tear their hair while dissecting a short phrase "official" which tracked a small nuance that is not addressed sufficient delicacy to people who have been in the Work.
Above all, forget that the vocation to Opus Dei Christian requirement involves a voluntary basis, to serve Jesus Christ and the Church in love. All deliveries, too Delivery marriage of a man to a woman, or vice versa, is love, voluntariness, freedom, generosity in the gift. In the vocation to Opus Dei that delivery takes place in a positive and very free, for the love of God and others. If this reasoning ignores the supernatural, which is the love of God, everything becomes meaningless .
In summary, my opinion is always welcome any criticism should be well argued, but of little use to the monotonous cadence of a web search of systematic denigration.
news I do not usually make long, because no one actually read the full ... but will make an exception because it has been an exciting journey. These days have been incredible and very intense. I really enjoy
guess many will follow me on Twitter or Facebook . I went around telling the basics. In this article I will put the updates you've been putting in my Twitter and my Facebook , but the comment, for complete information.
April 29: Once in Rome. Travel weary. I'm hallucinating: I have to pay 1 € to go to the toilet ... and there are 2 security guards, to make people pay! Moreover, very well: I've heard Mass in Villa Tevere this afternoon. And typical Roman pasta dinner.
I took a trip to Rome by car with my parents and my brother: Edu. The trip was long, less than 24 hours by car. My father drove half and half me. We arrived in Rome tired. On Friday, 29 went to morning Mass at Villa Tevere (the headquarters of Opus Dei ). They pray before the remains of St. Josemaría and D. Álvaro . I remembered to ask there for all intents I was sent by Facebook and Twitter.
April 29: 24 hours without sitting down to answer e-mails about the trip. Results: 300 e-mails new awaiting answers SOS!
is how bad it has to be 24 hours without a computer Gradually answered all your courage!
April 30: This is priceless: walking calmly through the desert gardens of Villa Borgess , before the flood of tourists. And at 9 an interview with A. P Beramendi the Council for Social Communications
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was a quiet stroll after-hours sleep a few, last night. Here is a picture I took from Villa Borgess shortly after dawn on Saturday 30:
After Ariel was with Beramendi , working in the Pontifical Council for Social Communications . We were virtual friends, but still we did not know. He spoke of the conference "Internet I," we are organizing and what is likely to attend. He also answered some questions about using Twitter and we talked about the PCCS website. He was lucky to be talking to him an hour ... I slipped while waiting at the door a bunch of journalists. And from here I thank you publicly.
April 30 Taking a coffee in via della Conciliazione n 5, while I answer your messages and groups pass in the rain is anyone here?
Here I go after coffee with my friend Gino, of Luxembourg . Another good online friend who desvirtualicé ... which also wants to collaborate with revaluation
While waiting I met some English friends. That day I had lunch with Jorge Enrique Mugica : a deep person and very spirituality. We talked for several hours on the "situation the Internet. " I learned a lot.
1 May: Just published an exciting video May Feelings IV. On JP2 and La Virgen. 3 min. Happy May!
In this blog you can see the video.
1 May: Very exciting the beatification of JP2 . And crowded. It was hard to get close to the screens to watch! All tight. Happy Mother's Day!
could only reach the Risorgimento Square to watch the ceremony on a screen. Of which only saw half and was quite far. 3 hours of walking. But it was unforgettable. Today I saw a video outline of the ceremony and I've heard much better from there
1 May Eva Janosikova , rapporteur on the "congress of bloggers Vatican" in the morning and Community Manager for World Youth Day 11, has confirmed that will be speaker at http://creoeninternet.com/
After eating and recover from the ceremony was with Eva Janosikova that attending the conference confirmed that "I believe in internet " as speaker. In the conference website you can see other confirmed speakers. 2 May
can follow a live video conference bloggers the Vatican
http://www.vaticanblogmeeting.com/
And day 2 was time-awaited congressional bloggers. We were invited 150 worldwide. English were less than 20. Was broadcast live video over the web http://www.vaticanblogmeeting.com/ I did with a friend before going to Congress. And so I issued by the user twitter VBM_11 . To my left sat José Manuel Vidal (of World Religion and Digital) to my right a French journalist. Ahead was the person responsible for Forum Libertas ... and much more. I know several people who just knew virtually. And I met many other bloggers who know. In my opinion, best of the conference was that the 150 we were there we met and we were face .
2 May I just interviewed for Reports Rome conference to talk about bloggers. There was so much background noise that I doubt you hear something
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Here's the video with my interview before the conference.
2 May 21 A girl who was going to abort her first child, has decided to proceed by a web http://revaloria.org/ The 5 th, 2011!
Halfway through I got this press conference one of our volunteers (Yoli, Barcelona). It gave me great joy and hung it on my twitter. The history of this site is at: Advantages out first on Google on "price of abortion," abortion cheap "and" free abortion "
2 MayDinner after the meeting of bloggers with Mayra Novelo ( catholic.net director), Luis F Pérez (director of infocatolica.com) Mujica JE, Andres Beltramo (speaker at the conference), Forumlibertas and more ... I learned a lot
The dinner after the conference was one of the highlights of the trip to Rome. Very rich. After dinner there was no subway or bus or tram ... and a big rain was falling. It got drenched!
3 May meetings in Rome: Boo JV (Vatican ABC), J Hill (Zenit.org and H2Onews director), J M-Brocal (director Reports Rome), JJ Noblejas (PUSC ) ...
The next day began with Mass at Villa Tevere a second time and many meetings in the morning. Besides they put up, I was with responsible for the information office of Opus Dei in Rome . They told me several things and I also told them of my pages. Very productive.
3 May I have just 45 minutes talking to the Father (the Prelate of Opus Dei ). I have spoken and you revaloria.org. Has encouraged me to continue working as usual and has supported me a lot: q says that is what St. Josemaria would have wanted!
This was the icing on the trip.
Last Tuesday I was in gathering the Father and his collaborators. We were about 10 people. there about 45 minutes I told him my web pages.
is seen that the Father is a padrazo, because he cared for all my things. He asked many questions and much interest all that mattered.
For example, he asked me where I have the office, how many people work with me, how much we charge for each site, how many customers we have, how we do business, etc. I told several amusing anecdotes of everyday work in .
joked several times during the conversation with that Madrid is the best city in the world, because he is from Madrid.
He asked me several questions about teens and social networks. If they benefit or harm them. You can see that is the end of the street at all. These last questions I answered with several succulent anecdotes that story in sessions for parents and teachers. He encouraged me to continue to provide these sessions. I said these things would have to know them all parents.
I also asked about how to educate young people using the Internet.
By telling some stories, he was surprised how little common sense people to ask intimate questions online. For example I talked about a person, which as proposed will be of the Opus Dei wrote me by Facebook, and asked me my opinion. Jokingly told the gathering: "I told him not RICE Opus and not get into trouble" ... That they all laughed. Then I said the answer he actually said
I told several anecdotes from the pages of the work in which I collaborate. And in other pages we've done lately from revaluation.
I especially liked the vocations that have come from Google. Through our pages have arrived: nuns, priests , people of Opus Dei ... and more. And the people that came in the forums of the critical work and ended up making the Work, by the casual way in which we said ... and God's help , of \u200b\u200bcourse.
laughed a lot with anecdotes and jokes I told him I did. I joked, explaining how Twitter, which is one of the first questions I became the Father. Another council asked me where Google gets money and how does Google as a company ... well, that was in my salsa talking about these issues!
There were 2 moments in the party:
1 In a moment I was telling stories to me for half the story and says, "just that's what St. Josemaría would have wanted. " At that point I was very encouraged to continue this "cyber-ministry."
2 At the end I said that within hours flew to Madrid and blessed me. He was very affectionate blessing. He told me to entrust to St. Josemaria and D Alvaro in this apostolate. Total
... a 10 with an amazing final!
Has anyone managed to get to the final reading this news? I admire you ... I would not have been able
PDF: Letter from the Prelate (May 2011)
May 3, 2011. (Romereports.com) These images are from one of the most anticipated games of the year, the Vatican meeting with bloggers from around the world. The 150 participants were selected by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, on the basis of nationality, language and content of the blog.
One of the youngest participants was Tom Peters, author of the blog American Papist. In his view, encuentros como este ayudarán a mejorar el diálogo entre la Iglesia y la blogosfera.
Thomas Peters
Blogger, American Papist
“ Pienso que es un buen paso en la normalización de las relaciones entre los blogs católicos y la Iglesia. Creo que hay ciertos malentendidos por ambas partes, así que sentarnos juntos para hablar es el mejor modo de entablar un diálogo eficaz”.
Entre el público hubo bloggers seguidos por miles de personas. Rocco Palmo escribe “ Whispers in the Loggia ” y recibe unas 25 mil visitas al mes.
Dice que aunque Social networks have an important role in the life of the Church, will never replace the importance of religious practice. Rocco Palmo
Blogger, " Whispers in the Loggia "
" Many things make it virtually than face to face. But in many ways the Church does not accept the confession through Skype or messenger, or attend Mass throughout the Internet instead of going personally. The Church in a way we temporarily out of digital to our contribution on the Internet is actually stronger and Catholic. " Among
The bloggers were Catholics and non Catholics, laity, priests , and nuns. Each with its own blog. They say it is a good tool to promote the World Youth Day or to explain the gospel to those who never enter a church. Antonio González
Blogger, catinfor.com
" We have a forum on World Youth Day, where he writes a lot of people asking for accommodation, travel arrangements, which will be the plan acts ... And besides, a website on the Day we put news on the official made by us. "
James Bradley
Seminarian, " Ordinariate Portal"
" I think it is a very important way of bringing the Gospel to people, is an affordable way for people who do not go to church can easily meet ".
The Vatican said the meeting was not intended to control the content of blogs, but a relationship with them and encourage the creation of a code of conduct.
is why, in the end both parties agreed that they need each other.
remember my first novel I wrote ten years ago, during the siesta hours of a very hot summer . I've never stopped writing. I always remember coming up with fantasy worlds, as a child. In 2003 I decided to disclose online the short series "Sleepwalkers Stories," presents some stories of adolescence and later that year, I published my first novel, "The House of Cherry Orchard" desktop publishing in an editorial. Experience with editing and readers encouraged me, however, the struggle of unknown for a complex break through the publishing world, prompted me to organize with my friend writer, musician, designer and Xavier de Tusalle, an action group independent, and that's how in 2003, founded the independent circle of writers Ñ (Cinema) cultural group in the years of its operation has managed to distance himself from the limits set by the publishing monopolies. In 2005 we managed to organize the editorial Mandala & LápizCero later became LápizCero editions. In 2005 I launched
My second novel, "The face of the beautiful Gabrielle", published in the Mandala Project & LápizCero, like "The leap from black", written in collaboration with writer Rosa Galán and published in 2007.
published in 2008 with Xavier de Tusalle co-authored the book "Bites pretentious" editorial in the same project, this being my first foray into the genre of poetic prose.
The last novel I've published is "Vermilion" in 2010 on the figure of Toulouse-Lautrec and the intimate experience of the artist in relation to their own creativity, their circumstances and the world.
Project ... "The Aquatic Princess, "a novel sensory microcapítulos to launch very soon ... For now, continue with the promotional tour for" Vermilion ".
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