In my experience, contemplative Zen monks are here and now whereas dogmatic Jesuit priests are past.
It is necessary to sit with and let go of disagreeable memories.
Some individuals, still alive, might also practice living here and now by this or other means.
However, their attitudes remain in my past which unfortunately still makes itself present.
It might be possible to meet here and now but the past is an obstacle that we would have been better without.
"My intention is, beloved Mother, to thank the almighty giver of all goods for the superabundant graces with which he has enriched thy noble heart."
It is not. And you cannot answer for the beliefs of the man.
(Imagine reading that out to hundreds of teenagers every morning.)
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