Monday, January 7, 2013

The Light that Has Arisen


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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