Speaking of Scott Hahn ...

... this post from CAEI is hilarious:

Scott Hahn: Albino Assassin

Scott's written a nifty little book called Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace: My Spiritual Journey in Opus Dei.

I have various friends (like Scott) who are members of OD but I've never been a member myself and so have not known much about it experientially. Scott's book is a nice intro that give people a sense of the Opus Dei emphasis on finding God in the ordinary and, in particular, in the ordinary work of layfolk as we go about our daily jobs. As a devotee of the St. Catherine of Siena Institute, I am all about laypeople living out their lay vocations, so I have a natural affinity for OD's emphasis on the laity taking their proper place in the world and not falling into a clericalist mindset that supposes Catholic life begins and ends with clergy and religous.

The book will not be much help for those seeking salacious details about assassins, conspiracies, and curtain-gliding spies (but of course that's what you'd expect from someone with MK-Ultra Clearance levels within the Secret Brotherhood). But on the whole, it's a good snapshot of how a typical OD guy views life from within the OD tradition.

For further info, the OD guys have set up a little weblink about the book here. If you click on it, your computer will do a little retina scan of you (it won't hurt) and download all your personal information to the Very Large Array of computer banks in the basement of St. Peter's. Standard procedure. Nothing to worry about.