“You cannot know Jesus without having problems. And I dare say, ‘But if you want to have a problem, go to the street to know Jesus – you’ll end up having not one, but many!’ But that is the way to get to know Jesus! You cannot know Jesus in first class! One gets to know Jesus in going out [into] every day [life]. You cannot get to know Jesus in peace and quiet, nor even in the library: Know Jesus.”

 — Pope Francis, Vatican Mass, September 26, 2013

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A Grateful Reader writes:

I’m afraid the Pope is going to start another hesychasm controversy. “You cannot get to know Jesus in peace and quiet,” will be bad news for orthodox monastics and thinking housewives around the world.

Casey writes:

He is reducing spirituality to the social plane — a distinct mark of liberalism.

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