In the movie The Shawshank Redemption, Andy in one of his conversations with Red, makes this powerful statement, which once in a while I recollect.
The context which reminds me of this statement is the kind of life some of us religious live. Most often, our parents and siblings live a much holier life than us who profess to God and His people to live a life of poverty, obedience and chastity. It is not a comparison that I am most concerned with. Rather it is the life we choose to live vs the life we profess to live. The widening gap is often so wide that everyone except the one living it sees the incongruency.
And this decline does not happen all of a sudden. The foundation for religious life is often laid in the novitiate. However, some never bother to lay that foundation, even after ordination. These drifters, even if guided by human values - leave alone divine or spiritual values - will still do good. However, often the case is that such anchorless persons only make use of everything - even God - for their own private agenda.
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