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O living flame of lovethat tenderly wounds my soul
in its deepest center! Since
now you are not oppressive,
now consummate! if it be your will:
tear through the veil of this sweet encounter!
O sweet cautery,
O delightful wound!
O gentle hand! O delicate touch
that tastes of eternal life
and pays every debt!
In killing you changed death to life.
O lamps of fire!
in whose splendors
the deep caverns of feeling,
once obscure and blind,
now give forth, so rarely, so exquisitely,
both warmth and light to their Beloved.
How gently and lovingly
you wake in my heart,
where in secret you dwell alone;
and in your sweet breathing,
filled with good and glory,
how tenderly you swell my heart with love.
St. John of the Cross
This is the kind of relationship with God we should all want. We should strive for this in everything we do.
Soli Deo honor et gloria
-- Scott (papasquat10@hotmail.com), November 14, 2003
-- (top@top.top), November 14, 2003.
Thankyou Scott a timely reminder
-- Kiwi (csisherwood@hotmail.com), November 14, 2003.