What deserves to be called mysticism-not in the vague sense of the history and philosophy of religion, but rather in the Catholic-ecclesial sense-occurs when God's Word is heard, not only with exegetical and theological understanding, but with the whole heart, the whole being, when one is steadfast before the self-disclosure of the heart of God despite fire and night. (Hans Urs von Balthasar)

What deserves to be called mysticism-not in the vague sense of the history and philosophy of religion, but rather in the Catholic-ecclesial sense-occurs when God's Word is heard, not only with exegetical and theological understanding, but with the whole heart, the whole being, when one is steadfast before the self-disclosure of the heart of God despite fire and night.

Hans Urs von Balthasar

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