......if you're "ticking off" (I almost used another phrase) the Vatican. The late Jesuit Anthony De Mello got in trouble for statements like the one below. He held his ground and has a devoted band of followers to this day. Sadly, he died tragically young, but isn't that often the way with the gifted among us?
There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. "Obedience keeps the rules," he would say. "Love knows when to break them." TONY DE MELLO, S.J. (1931~1987)
If you'd like to read the Vatican's criticism (I scanned it-seems the usual effort to "control" to me), you may do so here
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