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06 February 2013

Measuring Spirituality

Sr Bala Savarimuthu, while expressing her opinion during the heated discussion on the aspect of we Salesians being mystics/men of God, made a very striking "accusation". She endorsed the opinion of our small group observation that Salesians are not seen, nor are we ourselves convinced, that we are men of God/mystics.  Thanks to her and a couple of others that helped most see the point and more specially the depth of seriousness of the situation. In the beginning, the trend was to vehemently deny this observation.

Anyway, another significant point stated by Sr, was this:  The depth of our spirituality can only be measured by the way in which those in our care grow in spirituality.  Only when 'they' grow means that we have grown...  

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