the GOD of transcendence

The true problem is this: Is God an autonomous presence before you, like you before your friend, the bridegroom before the bride, the Son before the Father?… Can you meet God as a person on your road and prostrate yourself before Him as did Moses before the burning bush?… Can you experience his presence in the dark intimacy of the temple as did the prophets? In short, is God the God of transcendence, and thus the God of prayer, the God of what lies beyond things, or is He only the God of immanence, revealing Himself in the fruition of matter, in the dynamics of history, in the promise to free mankind?"

Carlo Carretto, The God Who Comes