“Confronted with the vision, however fleeting and obscure,
of divine majesty, one becomes reluctant to speak and disinclined to share,
because human language breaks down in the attempt to convey what can be grasped
only in a nonrational, intuitive way. Intellect capitulates to mystery.
The realization that we are not sufficient unto ourselves,
that we have received our life and being from another. In a decision that
reaches the roots of our most intimate self and demands the renunciation of
belonging to that self, we freely ratify our condition as creatures. Through
this fundamental act of dispossession we acknowledge the illusion of control
and open our selves to the reality of God.
However, a fleeting, incomplete glimpse of God’s back – the
obscure yet real, penetrating, and transforming experience of his incomparable
glory – awakens a dormant trust. Something is afoot in the universe. “
B. Manning
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