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I can still recall my first encounter with Christian mystery. Finally being able to express a long-held doubt or spiritual confusion in a question: How does God’s sacrifice on the Cross come to mean my redemption? And then watching my Christian mentor pause, reflect and answer: “That’s all part of the paschal mystery…”
Always the “mystery.” Look, I wanted to say, if you have no answers but only “mysteries” how does this come to mean religion. How does anyone come to have faith at all? No, no, I don’t want to hear that answer…Forget I said that…
Anyways, as one who embraced the notion of mystery, the following is as near to an answer I have ever encountered – once again I am indebted to this little French girl a few generations back who seems to be able to speak to me and others. Sometimes just a line in one of her notebooks, but my God, such lines. Everything about her is endlessly fascinating to me. Even my favorite poet, Wallace Stevens, seemed to be held in thrall by her.
Here Dr. Springsted reflecting on Simone Weil’s understanding of “mystery:”
payingattentiontothesky.com/2010/06/09/contradiction-mystery-and-the-use-of-words-in-simone-weil-%e2%80%93-eric-o-springsted/
dj
I can still recall my first encounter with Christian mystery. Finally being able to express a long-held doubt or spiritual confusion in a question: How does God’s sacrifice on the Cross come to mean my redemption? And then watching my Christian mentor pause, reflect and answer: “That’s all part of the paschal mystery…”
Always the “mystery.” Look, I wanted to say, if you have no answers but only “mysteries” how does this come to mean religion. How does anyone come to have faith at all? No, no, I don’t want to hear that answer…Forget I said that…
Anyways, as one who embraced the notion of mystery, the following is as near to an answer I have ever encountered – once again I am indebted to this little French girl a few generations back who seems to be able to speak to me and others. Sometimes just a line in one of her notebooks, but my God, such lines. Everything about her is endlessly fascinating to me. Even my favorite poet, Wallace Stevens, seemed to be held in thrall by her.
Here Dr. Springsted reflecting on Simone Weil’s understanding of “mystery:”
payingattentiontothesky.com/2010/06/09/contradiction-mystery-and-the-use-of-words-in-simone-weil-%e2%80%93-eric-o-springsted/
dj