THE PRIEST OF SANTA MARIA

  { PT.  12 } - The contradictions never end. Yet, on the other hand, a vessel--and not necessarily a priest--is maybe what some people need. I do feel that a healthy mind is better able to differentiate between the true and the false voice of God. Otherwise, you have those with sociopathic tendencies claiming that God has told them to commit murder. Yes, but as with the Cardinal, the message will be as corrupted as the vessel from which it comes, interjected Angelica. The point is that any human vessel is open to corruption and misinterpretation. It's a complicated matter, said Kurush. People claim that the truth is subjective, but not God's truth. God's truth is the ultimate truth and is not easily interpreted by human minds ruled by the ego. Exactly, said Angelica. It's our egos that get in the way. It's the ego that misinterprets; that's prone to madness and disillusionment. I think a healthy mind is one that is aware of its ego and learns to observe it, hea...

  { PT.  12 } - Angelica's head shot up. Yet look at what God himself has chosen for you, said Kurush. Something more profound and worthy than you could imagine. Yes. At first, it felt like a punishment. Now I see that I have been truly honoured. As have we all. Too many of us misinterpret our disillusionment and lack of fulfilment as have not gathered enough wealth, or love, or the career we wanted. We search and strive for more and more, feeling ever less fulfilled. What we fail to realise is that all our longing, grief and yearning is for our return to the source--to God. But it's like running around searching for a limb that's already attached to our body. Our connection was never lost. Our problem is that we are too fearful to feel--perhaps from lifetimes of feeling forsaken by God--to delve deep and take even just a few seconds to feel His presence within us. It's a great shame that our fear and disconnection only perpetuates the selfish, destructive and superfici...