(Thornycroft Hall in Cheshire hosts retreats run by Opus Dei | Thornycroft Hall Facebook)
I have just returned from an Opus Dei retreat at Thornycroft Hall in Cheshire. I have been skirting around the edges of Opus Dei for almost a decade but am not a member. Seriously, what does a girl have to do to be asked to join? I thought I’d have been bundled into a dark room by now and stripped of all luxury until I broke down.
Well, it’s not quite like Dan Brown imagines it. Vocation is a process of discernment and I do not feel I am yet a good fit for The Work, and until God directs me that way then this is how it will remain. There has never been any pressure applied to me.
