(Part two of two)  Religion, at its worst, seeks to define and control those insights and, in the process, loses sight of both the human and the divine. It shares theology and canon law, and doesn't understand why these will never quench the spirit's thirst for God.—monicadeangelis  Yet, religion at its best raises the Faithful up even through the liturgy of the Word, as well as untrammeled theology and canon law.

Fr. Clooney, have you read of Dom Bede Griffith's encounter with Hinduism's soul?—Elizabeth Clifford and I wonder whether he read Homer in the original Greek, as is available in Jesuit high schools.