Personal experience of God is the only [experience] capable of opposing the materialism present in our life. It gives to us the firmness of a rock in this world where faith is, simultaneously, attacked in its philosophical bases and held captive by ambient immorality.
Tomás Morales Pérez SJ (1908–1994)
Christian contemplation thrown into the muddy highways of the world : encouragement : experiences : resources
Contemplative in the Mud 