Thursday, November 3, 2011

...the rays of His Holy Spirit


As a magnifying glass
concentrates the rays of the sun
into a little burning knot of heat
that can set fire
to a dry leaf or a piece of paper,
so the mysteries of Christ
in the Gospel
concentrates the rays
of God's light and fire
inot a point that sets fire
to the spirit of humankind.
And this is why Christ was born
and lived in the world
and died and returned from death
and ascended to His Father in heaven...
the the glass of his humanity
He concentrates
the rays of His Holy Spirit
upon us
so that we can feel the burn.

~ Thomas Merton

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