It is the duty of anyone who has had even the faintest glimpse of God’s love to protest against an inhumanly cruel and false psychology of mysticism, this psychology which presents “sanctity” and “contemplation” under the guise of riches to be acquired. As if sanctity and mysticism were “goods” that one must have in order to be acceptable in the Kingdom of God—just as one must have a new car every two years, a ranch house and a TV set in order to be acceptable in the cities of men. The new car and all that goes with it seem to indicate that one is not a bum or a slacker. That one is faithful
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