Adler: affirming vs. believing

Thursday, January 14, 2016
    Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915
Meditation:
    And because of his words many more became believers.
    —John 4:41 (NIV)
Quotation:
    After a trip to Mexico [in 1984]... I fell ill... The illness was protracted... I suffered a mild depression... When [an Episcopal priest] prayed for my recovery, I choked up and wept. The only prayer I knew word for word was the Pater Noster. On that day and in the days after it, I found myself repeating the Lord’s Prayer, again and again, and meaning every word of it. Quite suddenly, when I was awake one night, a light dawned on me, and I realized what had happened... After many years of affirming God’s existence and trying to give adequate reasons for that affirmation, I found myself believing in God.
    ... Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001), quoted in Philosophers Who Believe, Kelly James Clark, Illinois: Inter-Varsity Press, 1993, p. 215-216 (see the book)
    See also John 4:41; Matt. 4:4; 6:9-13; 7:28-29; Luke 4:32; John 6:63; 7:46; Acts 8:12; 15:3; Rom. 10:14-15,17; 1 Cor. 2:4-5
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You manifest Yourself to Your people. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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