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At times we become as bewildered about belief in God as were the nonbelievers and almost believers who witnessed the miracles and wonders performed by the apostles. Without understanding, with fear, that is, awe, more and more people brought their sick to Peter so that "at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.... And all of them were healed." Certainly this prompted the people to ask, "Who is this God of the apostles?"
Anthony de Mello, S.J., jiggles our imagination with his thought-provoking parables. In the opening story of his book by the same title, "Song of the Bird," de Mello addresses God's approachability.
"The disciples were full of questions about God," said de Mello.
"Said the master, 'God is the Unknown and the Unknowable. Every statement about him, every answer to your questions, is a distortion of the truth.' "
"The disciples were bewildered. 'Then why do you speak about him at all?' "
" 'Why does the bird sing?' said the master."
(From Anthony de Mello, S.J., The Song of the Bird, Garden City, NY: Image Books, a Division of Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982, pp. 3-4.)
--Brauninger
Anthony de Mello, S.J., jiggles our imagination with his thought-provoking parables. In the opening story of his book by the same title, "Song of the Bird," de Mello addresses God's approachability.
"The disciples were full of questions about God," said de Mello.
"Said the master, 'God is the Unknown and the Unknowable. Every statement about him, every answer to your questions, is a distortion of the truth.' "
"The disciples were bewildered. 'Then why do you speak about him at all?' "
" 'Why does the bird sing?' said the master."
(From Anthony de Mello, S.J., The Song of the Bird, Garden City, NY: Image Books, a Division of Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982, pp. 3-4.)
--Brauninger
