It is possible to pray in such a way that one does not transcend the world, in such a way that the divine is degraded to a functional part of the workaday world... then it is no longer devotion to the divine, but an attempt to master it.
AwardsGrand Merit Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany; Ring Of Honour Of The Görres Society; Knight Commander Of The Order Of St. Gregory The Great; ; Balzan Prize