“My life,” Rahner responded, “was characterized by a monotony..."

On his 75th birthday, Rahner was asked to recount the major turning points of his life. "My life," he responded, "was characterized rather by a certain monotony, a regularity, a homogeneity that comes from a person's turning toward the final theme of theology, of religious life, and also of human life in general—which comes from the one, silent, absolute but always present reality of God."