Is it Better to be Holy or Wise?

A professor once asked me, "Would you rather have a spiritual director who is holy or learned?" It led to a pretty deep reflection on which I would prefer...

I remember during one of my graduate school courses, the Professor posed a question to the class. He asked, “Would you rather have a spiritual director who is learned or a spiritual director who is holy?” 

(Pause for a moment to answer this for yourself. Why did you answer the way you did?) 

He pulled from the response of a Saint (I want to say it was Joh…