Msgr. Pope on the Need for the Mystical

"Our intellect is our greatest strength and one of our greatest blessings, yet almost nothing gets us into as much trouble. Our strength is also our struggle. We think we know a few things, and indeed we do - a very few things.

"The greatest intellects, if they have wisdom and humility, know this. St. Thomas Aquinas famously said, 

"In finem nostrae cognitionis Deum tamquam ignotum cognoscimus. (At the end of our knowledge we know God as unknown.) (In Boetium de Trinitate, q. 1, a. 2, ad 1um)."

 In a recent commentary, Monsignor Charles Pope (pastor of Holy Comforter-Saint Cyprian Parish, Washington, DC) reflected on the importance of our intellect and on the need to keep it in a proper perspective vis-à-vis with a properly directed mystical reverence. 
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Community in Mission: Don't Think, Look! A Meditation on the Need for the Mystical (17 JUL 16)