Opus Dei concept of sainthood

When I mention that I feel a real afinity for the Opus Dei concept of sainthood, people look at me like I am crazy. Between the idea of saints dying these horrifying deaths and The Da Vinci Code no one wants to have anything to do with it. But to any Catholic or to any christian for that matter the concept of achieving sainthood is extremely attractive if you take away the martyrdom, and that is what the Opus Dei does, it takes away the necessity of martyrdom from sainthood. You can become a saint in your everyday life, you can become a saint just living your everyday life, in your work, in your marriage, as a parent, you do not need to be extraordinary for sainthood; live your life in chastity which means no adultary, with charity, in love, and you are on your way. Love God above all things, love your family, be excellent in your work, with your wife or husband, with your children, do your best for your parents and your family. Be humble, know that all your talents all your ideas and creativity come from God and use them as God would want you to use them in love and for the benefit of many, and that is all that is asked of you. Does that sound so hard or so terrible? If we all thought that way what a different planet we would be living in, I believe we would be back in the Garden Of Eden.

The Third Jesus by Deepak Chopra

I have reado many of Chopra's books. He is an incredibley profound person. But I am truly surprised about how much he knows of christianity and the Bible. Sometimes I feel like we are reared to be so ignorant. How can we truly understand others if we know nothing about them or their way of thinking? Last week I saw the first of a series of interviews by a Unity Minister of Deepak about this new book he has written about Jesus. He can recite whole passages of John or Paul by memory! It is amazing! I have heard hin recite Tagore or Rumi by memory, but I thought that one remembers poems or rhymes learnes in childhood, but, even though he said he studies with christian monks when he was a child, his knowledge of the Bible and of historical Bible findings demonstrate a very profound knowledge and a furious curiosity on his part that is truly astounding. As for his theory, he envisions 3 Jesus: the historical, ie, the man that existed and has been documented by Roman historians including his death; the dogmatic Jesus, the one who arose from the Nicean Council and the god consciousness Jesus, which is the one he believes we should be emulatinf and listening to. This third Jesus has pointed to the source, and we, according to Deepak look at his finger and not what he is pointing to.... more thoughts later