Universal, open spirit

The truly catholic spirit of Opus Dei means that we need to be open-minded, universal, able to draw many good things from our heart’s store – de bono thesauro profert bona⁴³ – in order to overcome and remove the many mental and psychological barriers people raise against the fraternity of God’s children.

Overcoming nationalism, especially in the things of God

One of those barriers – perhaps the most pernicious at the present time – is nationalism. It makes understanding and getting on with one another difficult. It is incompatible with genuine love for one’s own country, and is a big obstacle to the common good of human society.

The worst exaggeration, the most harmful danger, would come if that nationalism were to be mixed up with the things of God, which is where the union of everything and everyone in the love of Jesus Christ should shine the brightest.⁴⁴