Anthony de Mello, Indian Jesuit and spiritual teacher, d 6/2/1987. From his reading of the gospels he discerned that Jesus was not so concerned with imparting doctrines as with awakening people to new life and the offer of salvation in their midst. “Wake up”— was his message.
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The Gospel for de Mello pointed to the Truth that lies behind words, concepts and images—to what mystics liked to call “the God beyond god.” True knowledge: to be transformed by what you know. “Total presence in the now: Holiness.”
De Mello would have been amused but not surprised to learn that 11 years after his death Cardinal Ratzinger, for the Vatican, felt obliged to issue a warning that his writings can cause “grave harm.”
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My Catholicism didn't teach the Bible. I was shocked to discover, not long ago, that it was a loving manual of inner transformation. Reading Romans 12:2 took my breath away (still does). It's all there, in and behind those words. But we must be made ready to see.
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