12. God is infinite in Godself, but to us God is, in effect, an example of "the other" because we are finite. We may, in a way, be "other" to God because of our own finitude. To be sure, we may indeed find God by going "within." And yet, what the saints find "within" is more than simply themselves. What they find is "the other" at work in and with us, as near to us as our life and breath, and yet greater and more ultimate than we.
Published on March 18, 2014 17:55