What you have come to is nothing known to the senses:
(Heb. 12:18)
Be still, and know
(Psalm 46)
Peace and transcendent holiness:
knowledge so perfect came unsought,
in deepest solitude was taught
to me in ways I can’t express
the narrow path to life, no less
(St John of the Cross)
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Wholly Burned Away
Upheld, and yet without support, darkness around, no light of day while I am wholly burned away. My soul is free and set apart from every created thing, lifted above itself to sing of richer life delight the heart. God is the rock to which I cling> Now I can tell it as I ought: … Continue reading Wholly Burned Away
Silence encountered
‘Silence’ is not an auditory silence or even a quietness of the mind, it is a state of profound and inexpressible stillness. The incomprehensible is encountered and known. God is love, His form is Silence. When Silence occurs, it is the Lord who abides, embracing us in a union with Him. The utterly perfect supreme … Continue reading Silence encountered
Most Sacred Heart
Out of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your hidden self to grow strong, so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, you will have the strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and … Continue reading Most Sacred Heart
Presence and Being
“Reveal your presence, And may the vision of Your beauty be my death.”1 The soul is right in daring to say, may the vision of Your beauty be my death, since she knows that at the instant she sees this beauty she will be carried away by it, and absorbed in this very beauty, and … Continue reading Presence and Being
