In a Roman Catholic bookstore in SM Megamall( Philippines) there is a book titled:" Mary accrd’ng to the mystics"… Who are the (Roman Catholic) mystics by the way?. What are the diff. with the non mystics and the mystics… Is there any RCC mystic here is the forum Just askin’
I found this site helpfellowship.org/ .uhhhhm Pope JP2 is a mystic? Is there any catholic here can define what is a catholic mystic? Is it different with the other mystics of diff. religions
according to its etymology, implies a relation to mystery. In philosophy, Mysticism is either a religious tendency and desire of the human soul towards an intimate union with the Divinity, or a system growing out of such a tendency and desire. As a philosophical system, Mysticism considers as the end of philosophy the direct union of the human soul with the Divinity through contemplation and love, and attempts to determine the processes and the means of realizing this end. This contemplation, according to Mysticism, is not based on a merely analogical knowledge of the Infinite, but as a direct and immediate intuition of the Infinite. According to its tendency, it may be either speculative or practical, as it limits itself to mere knowledge or traces duties for action and life; contemplative or affective, according as it emphasizes the part of intelligence or the part of the will; orthodox or heterodox, according as it agrees with or opposes the Catholic teaching.It took me many years to come to understand that I do have a mystical streak in me and come to grips with it. It does influence my relationship with Our Lord Jesus Christ, and could well be summed up as the Psalmist says, with " As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God." (Psalm 41:2) and as Our Lord said, “Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.” (Matthew 5:6)
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