It is a gift to be simple...
There is perhaps no more difficult and delicate task for the director than the guidance of Christians called to a life of interior prayer. This is rendered all the more arduous by the fact that there is so much pious nonsense written, printed, and said, about 'mystics,' 'victim souls' and other such categories... The whole problem comes from the inordinate reflection upon self that is generated by the consciousness of 'degrees of prayer' and steps on the 'mountain of love.' ... What possible good can be done for a monk by deciding whether or not his contemplation is 'infused'? - Merton, Spiritual Direction and Meditation
Photo: Ken at Hallowed Ground
