had been intellectually humiliated, frankly, by the way I had believed as a Catholic. But I came in saying that I cannot allow myself to get stuck in my left brain with my faith. It's not to say you should never think deeply and intellectually about religious matters as an Orthodox Christian or any Christian. But it's rather to say, be humble and realize that the way to know God and to integrate God into your own heart and yourself into the life of God, it's not primarily through mastering propositional arguments, but by praying and going to liturgy and living the life, fasting, doing good works for people and allowing the faith by doing so to be sedimented into your bones. And I'm not capable of believing in an institution as I once believed in an institution as a Catholic. But then again, I knew so many of my Catholic friends were just as outraged about the scandal as I was, but they didn't lose their Catholic faith. And I think they didn't lose their Catholic faith because they had (39/57)
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