We have nothing to hide

Bless God and acknowledge him before all the living with respect to the good things he has done for you. Bless and sing hymns to his name. Report the words of God to all people honourably, and do not hesitate to acknowledge him. It is an honourable thing to keep a king’s secret hidden, and gloriously to reveal and acknowledge the works of God (Tob 12:6-7). My daughters and sons, we have nothing to hide or cover up. Nobody could misinterpret the spontaneity of our conduct and behaviour as secrecy.

No need for secrecy

I have never had secrets. I don’t have any now, nor will I ever have. Nor does the Work. It would be wrong for it to have secrets when I, the Founder, don’t know about them. Secrecy is unnecessary for Opus Dei. The Work has never needed it in the past, it does not need it now, and it will never need it. The treasure God has entrusted to us, the light we have to spread, is an open secret. We have the duty, the divine mission, to proclaim it to the four winds.