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garden, a wide passage of grace which I
possess entirely, and before the dawn-
wind rises, before anyone makes a move,
before the shadows flee, I will go to the
mountain of myrrh, to the hills of
incense-bearing trees and to My beds of
spices and delight in an unparalleled
way;
on this wedding day I will shroud My
beloved in the radiance of heaven with
the angelic virtues but with the glory of
Myself as well; and My beloved will
praise Me, singing:
“once I was dead, but now You have
given me life and I have come into being;
not only have You put the dry bones
together, connecting the joints together,
but You have breathed in this lifeless
body Your resurrection Breath vivifying
me; and in my lifeless members You
have placed in them the Sun of justice,
sharing in Your ineffable Light,
becoming light myself; when in the very
beginning
1
I opened the door of my heart
to my Beloved, He had turned His back
and gone! My soul failed at His flight;
2
I
failed to understand, until I cried out
after Him to return and wash me clean
from all my impurities and breathe in
me His Fragrance; I asked my Beloved to
come to His domain and garden to
enliven all that has withered and turn it
into an Eden; so My Beloved came back
from His flight and restored what was
dead; He breathed over my garden, to
spread its sweet smell around; and now I
can dare say to Him:
‘let my Beloved come into His garden,
let Him taste its rarest fruits,
3
for they are purely angelic;
let Him come now and gather
His myrrh and His balsam,
1
Before true metanoia.
2
The Holy Spirit does not come upon someone who
is in debt to sin; Ws. 1:4.
3
The angelic virtues.
it is all His;
I am now His enclosed garden
for His Majesty alone...’”
and I, for My part, will build inner piety
within you, My beloved; I will enclose
My garden and encircle it with My Arms,
I will embrace it in this way; Divine
Knowledge will then be instructed to
you, My bride, by Holy Wisdom to
enable you to be one day at My service
and at the service of others as well;
and now, My bride, I will give Myself
totally to you and sate your soul with
Divine tenderness; although sometimes
you will feel My radiance of Light
unbearable, as though you would be
ablaze, your mind and your entire being
will be inflamed and one with My Flame;
from thereon you will be My possession
and I will be your possession, I will be
holding you fast, nor will I let you go,
and you in your turn, you will be holding
Me fast, nor will you let Me go; heart for
Heart, love for Love; triumph for Me
after My long assailings of My Love;
dead to your passions but alive in Me;
perfected in Me and allowed now to rule
with Me;
then I will sit with you and trace out
for you your apostolate work you will do
for Me; after all, this is the purpose of
our spiritual Espousals; I and you will
become associates to orientate the
Church
4
into the perfect Love; live and
delight in Me, ceaselessly singing your
love themes to Me and I will be
ceaselessly hymning My Odes of Love to
you...
O Holy Spirit,
Treasure of the saints,
apostles, and martyrs,
the moment Your creation
would be exalted with Divine Love,
4
At this moment I understood at the same time that
it is God’s people who have to be orientated into the
Love of Christ as well.
© Vassula Rydén
