![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aberrantangelsA Sunday sermon, of a sort.
It starts with a picture Mancenzo can see only as "lines and blotchy colors" because His Eminence the Prelate-General has zoomed in too close. This is where Tettamanzi picks up; the picture represents God's love, and
In our timeline, Escriva was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II; the Trinity Universe's Karol Wojtyla, who [like his OTL counterpart] genuflected at Escriva's tomb shortly before donning the Shoes of the Fisherman, died [you may recall] in 2001 without bestowing that particular sainthood. In both timelines, Opus Dei evidently uses the thought-reform technique of encouraging followers to isolate themselves from outside influence.
Mancenzo asks, "If I can't see the picture yet, how do I know the Lord's love awaits me?" Tettamanzi's answer is fideism — reason yoked to faith:
This is a set-up that will arguably pay off three or four years down the line.
October 14
[Aberrant] A conversation between Bishop Dionigi Tettamanzi, Prelate-General of Opus Dei, and his personal assistant, Prelate Eduardo Mancenzo, on the necessity to step away from the world to see the Lord's love more clearly.
It starts with a picture Mancenzo can see only as "lines and blotchy colors" because His Eminence the Prelate-General has zoomed in too close. This is where Tettamanzi picks up; the picture represents God's love, and
The great people in life are those who can step away from the world and everything around them, including their loved ones, and continue stepping back until the picture grows in clarity. I perceive Our Lord's love more clearly because I've taken greater strides than you. The Blessed Josemarie Escriva took titanic steps to study the greater picture and appreciate things I can only dream of glimpsing. Only Our Lord, however, can see it all.
You must throw off the shackles of those who would hinder your journey.... Others cannot understand what you see from where you stand.
In our timeline, Escriva was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II; the Trinity Universe's Karol Wojtyla, who [like his OTL counterpart] genuflected at Escriva's tomb shortly before donning the Shoes of the Fisherman, died [you may recall] in 2001 without bestowing that particular sainthood. In both timelines, Opus Dei evidently uses the thought-reform technique of encouraging followers to isolate themselves from outside influence.
Mancenzo asks, "If I can't see the picture yet, how do I know the Lord's love awaits me?" Tettamanzi's answer is fideism — reason yoked to faith:
Without distance between all things, you cannot properly perceive the world around you. Without faith, however, you can't make that journey.... Remember that each person sees things according to where he stands. Understand that, and you unravel his motives.
This is a set-up that will arguably pay off three or four years down the line.
