Pray like a Mystic: Mystical Traditions and What to Do with Them

I asked Bishop Don Hying of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, about mysticism and evangelization. He describes Christianity as unique among the world’s religions because “the universal, mysterious, all-powerful, invisible God humbled himself to become one of his creatures,” a baby, in fact, shivering in the night; and so, paradoxically, the Christian experience of God as both transcendent and imminent. A mystic must go on the journey from our limited ideas about God to stand before Him in prayer. Bishop Hying draws on the experiences and teachings of mystics from long ago and also from the present day as he explains this idea. He also talks about his own life and vocation.

• Bishop Hying’s recent letter on violence
• Bishop Hying’s article on St. Junípero Serra and vandalism of public monuments
• Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr., “Junípero Serra: Saint or Sinner” from 1989
• Chris Odyniec’s article (p. 10) on St. Junípero Serra's canonization by Pope Francis in 2015

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