Further explanation of Opus Dei practices

By way of Whispers in the Loggia, which is a kind of like the Page 6 of Vatican and Church Hierarchy workings, comes this post on Bishop Finn of thediocese of Kansas City. He is associated with Opus Dei, and discussed in an article in the Catholic Key magazine some of the aspects of it. Of course, mortification came up, but as it is better described, discipline.

Bishop Finn also said he practices acts of corporal mortification, though far from the bloody, self-inflicted spectacles that Brown wrote of in "The Da Vinci Code."
"And it is only done under the careful guidance of a spiritual
director," Bishop Finn said.
He said the mortification that Opus Dei members practice is similar to the fasting practices all Catholics are called to do during Lent.
"Corporal mortification has long been a part of church ascetical practice," he said. "Pope Paul VI wore a hair shirt. Pope John Paul II
once told a group of priests who asked him about mortification that when he sits down at his desk to work, he doesn't sit back in his chair for the first 30 minutes."
Bishop Finn said corporal mortification in Opus Dei is a self-discipline practice is not unlike an athlete pushing his own body to the limit in order to become physically stronger.
"If your goal is to make yourself as comfortable as possible at all times, you are going miss the needs of others around you," he said. "Your life is going to become nothing more than a means for self-gratification.

Now, as I have said before, I know I am not suited for Opus Dei (remember Cessatio Dei?), and besides, why bother when only the celibate kids have all the fun? But with the upcoming release of this film which will re-hype the claims of this book which includes some wild claims about Opus Dei members. I mean, I am all for portraying crazy people as crazy, but Opus Dei ain't them.