Answers of the Great Masters of the Spiritual Life to the
Questions of Their Disciples.
Disciple: Who is the true man?
Master: He who has understood that
his body is corruptible and short-lived and that he has a soul that
is immortal that is joined to the body to be tested..
Disciple: And
if a man rightly understands this. . .
Master:
He will lead a life pleasing to God, not trusting nor
indulging his body.
Disciple: What
is reason for?
Master: That
man may look at the world and all things in it and through them
apprehend Him who has created all for his sake.
Disciple: When
is reason distorted?
Master: When
man through unrighteousness does not understand the purpose of God's
creation and, as a consequence, disbelieves God and embraces what is
contrary to truth.
Disciple:
What is possible and impossible to man?
Master:
To avoid death is impossible to man. To be united to God is
possible.
Disciple:
How is union with God attained?
Master:
Through faith testified by a good life.
St.
Anthony: On the Saintly Life"
(07-26-03) |