I thought that this was a great
and penetrating view of our part in the divine work.
God desires but one thing…
our Amen.
“God desires nothing upon
earth but one thing, and that he has his heart set upon – that he may find the
deep abyss that he has created in man’s spirit empty and ready for the perfect
work he will do there. In all heaven and earth he has full power; one
thing alone is lacking him, the accomplishment of all his holy will in man’s
soul. And what is man’s part; that God may light up and take possession
of his inmost soul? He should arise, says Holy Writ: Arise, O Jerusalem!
This is as much as to say, that a man has his own part to play in the
divine work, and that it is to arise from all things whatsoever that are not
God – from all creatures, including himself. It is in this rising up that
the soul’s depths are quickly stirred with longing for God. The more all
inordinate desires are shaken off, the stronger and stronger grows the yearning
for God, until it seems to pierce the flesh and blood and bones and marrow, and
enter into the soul’s very essence.” – Father John Tauler, O.P. (+1361) was a
German Dominican priest.
Meditation from the January 2013 Magnificat
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