The great theologian Karl Rahner, SJ, addressed these words to Jesuits, but they apply to all persons of faith: “It is by entering into the world of today, and being with men in their difficulties, their anxieties and doubts, that we can bring this world to faith, and not by posing as somehow different. . [...]
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Something to think about | We must look for experience of the Spirit and for grace in the contemplation of our own lives. But not so that we can say, “That’s him. Now I know where the Spirit blows.” That is not how the Spirit is discerned. He cannot be found by laying triumphant claim [...]
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The Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner was once asked in a radio interview why some people didn’t experience God. His response: ‘I don’t believe you; I just don’t accept that. You have had, perhaps, no experience of God under this precise code-word God, but you have had or have now an experience of God—and I am [...]
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Something to think about | Once a radio interviewer told Rahner that he had never had an experience of God. Rahner responded emphatically: “I don’t believe you; I just don’t accept that. You have had, perhaps, no experience of God under this precise code-word God, but you have had or have now an experience of [...]
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Something to think about |In the final analysis, talking about prayer doesn’t matter; rather, only the words that we ourselves say to God. And one must say these words oneself. Oh, they can be quiet, poor, and diffident. They can rise up to God’s heaven like silver doves from a happy heart, or they can [...]
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