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There, You were standing majestically
in front of a bewildered Wretch.
He who pervades and permeates
all things was now
in the company of wretchedness.
Reeling as though with wine,
my soul staggered in the Presence
of this Pure Emanation Thrice Holy ....
I stuttered to pronounce,
to utter something,
but no sound was ever heard. I lacked.
The Fingers then that formed me
suddenly reached out
and were posed on my lips,
opening them for me to draw in
the air of His Breath.
And as I inhaled a scent like choice myrrh,
a wail came out of me
just as a new-born,
and I was instantly restored.
“From now on Your Creator
will be Your Husband,
My Name: Yahweh Sabaoth,” 1 He said.
“I have taken pity on you ....
did you not know, My child,
that I am rich in forgiving?
Depart not and do not fear.
Remain with Me and I will lift you
and bring you home
to heal you entirely.
My great love challenged My Mercy
and My Heart was touched by your misery.
Come, and if you wish,
I will make you a witness of My great Love
I have for all of you.”
This is what Your Holy Lips uttered,
every one of Your Words
falling on my parched soul,
like morning dew,
and while still talking my soul,,
struck with remorse, found itself
succumbing in its Father’s Arms,
in its Father’s Grace
I then turned to the Lord
and entreated Him to possess Him,
1 Is. 54:5.
with all my heart I said:
“I want to possess You,
my God and Creator,
as much as You possess me.”
Then You put around me
bonds that linked me to You,
bonds that would remain forever.
and I said: I shall grant you the favour of
My Heart and Soul for I am Divine and
Thrice Holy; I am your Father and I own
you; and you, My daughter, and you own
Me; did you not know that I am Grace
and Mercy?
come, do not ask: “why has all this
happened to me?” your great misery
pulled Me down from heaven; your
disconsolate soul made My Heart cry out
to My angels and saints: “how much
longer should I see her go on like this?”
and to you:
“Paraskevi, raise your eyes now and
look at Me; I promise you that Hope will
not be given to you alone, but to all, all
those who are thirsty; has anyone heard
anything like this? and as for you,
Paraskevi, I will take you into My service
and make out of you a Tree; your roots
will be growing in My Garden so that
your foliage remains green, so that your
fruit has My Name inscribed on it; and I,
Myself, will be your Keeper and water
you from My Fountain of Living Water
.... and, as Companion and Friend, I will
give you Wisdom who will educate and
raise you to transmit, later on, this Hope
in perfection, to all mankind;
“you will be reared by me and formed
in My Courts; this is why you will be
contradicted in your journey; the world
will spit on you, but not more than they
spat on My Son; traitors will come your
way, but none of them greater than
Judas; denials and rejections, too, will
follow, yet none of them more severe
than the rejections and denials that My
Son received; pitilessly you will be
misunderstood by many, but rejoice! do
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