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His Name; I praise My God who has
restored my reckless soul to favour,
allowing my eyes to see Your Face; and
like Job, I will say in song: ‘I sinned and
had left the path of right, but God has
not punished me as my sin deserved; He
has spared my soul from going down
into the pit, and is allowing my life to
continue in the Light;’ see brothers? see?
all this, God is doing through the ages
for mankind, rescuing souls from the pit,
and letting the Light of life shine bright
on us;”
I will grant you the sight of your God
who speaks to you today; a vision you
will never forget; seized by remorse 1 in
this delightful contemplation your spirit
on fire will cry out to Me:
“You know, my Lord, inwardly I am
shattered now, but at the same time,
Lord, I am on fire; I looked at You and I
am ablaze with divine Love that
consumes me little by little; Resplendent
Sun, You drew me, the ugly sinner, near
You without thinking twice that I might
be cheapening Your Sceptre; You
allowed my sinful eyes to contemplate
Your Majesty, Your Beauty, which
surpasses the fairest of Your Angels, and
upon seeing this Wonder, You wounded
me beyond words; unable to satisfy My
thirst, I weep, and my dilemma makes
me wretched; Your glorious Presence
affected me to yearn even more to learn
how to love you and be intertwined for
ever with You; my pain has augmented
and I beg Your Angels to relieve me, but
on second thoughts let Them not, let this
fire keep wounding me, let my thirst for
You, O Lover of mankind enkindle my
whole being, let Your divine visitation
increase my thirst for You to desire You
even more;
“Your Sovereignty has no equal, none!
You looked at me and our eyes met; Your
1 The pain of being unable to be fully in the Beatific
Vision, and in Heaven.
Eyes brighter than two gems magnetised
mine; from Your Eyes then, two rays of
light appeared and brightened my soul
illuminating it as though a thousand
constellations were hurled into me, and
every darkness or gloomy shadow in my
soul faded away; confused for having
suddenly received the Light of Your
Grace, Your glory was unbearable in
front of flesh and blood; You winked
then at me, and I swooned; it was as
though the floor under my feet swayed;
the expressions of Your Love for me are
driving me faint in my heart, for they
are, my Lord, too overwhelming to my
poor soul to bear; can anyone measure
the magnificence of Your Greatness and
Your inexpressible grandeur? who has
seen Yahweh and has not swooned with
passion? I remain powerless in front of
such ecstatic Beauty ...”
tell Me then, creature, in whom I love
and delight, what is it like to discover Me
within you? what is it like to fall in the
Hands of the Almighty God? what is it
like? tell Me, beloved one of My Heart,
what is it like to hear your Creator sing
to you and for you alone, Odes and
Ballads while in your contemplation to
Me? what is it like to know that He who
chants to you and who lives in an
inaccessible Light holding everything in
His Hand, is contained in your heart,
and yet without being contained? what is
it like to be washed in My lustral waters,
plunging you in Me?
be of good cheer, then, and live a
pious life; My splendour has no equal, to
converse with Me will leave on you
unforgettable memories; to contemplate
Me satisfies your thirst but never
quenches it, rather it augments it; it is
only in the Beatific Vision that your soul
can be quenched and satisfied in the
fullness of My Presence; without My
Merciful assistance, creature, your soul
would have withered before even being
born; without My help your life would be
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