Showing posts with label Saint Thomas Aquinas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saint Thomas Aquinas. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

ask anything







"Ask anything,"

My Lord said to me.

And my mind and heart thought deeply 
for a second,

then replied with just one word,

"When?"

God's arms then opened up and I entered Myself.
I entered Myself when I entered
Christ.

And having learned compassion I
allowed my soul

to stay.




~ Saint Thomas Aquinas
 from for lovers of god everywhere -
Poems of the Christian Mystics 


Friday, February 18, 2011

the tree of love






....

I said to God, “Let me love you.”
And he replied, “Which part?”

“All of you, all of you.” I said.

“Dear” God spoke, “You are as a mouse wanting to impregnate
a tiger who is not even in heat. It is a feat way
beyond your courage and strength.
You would run from me
if I removed my
mask.”

I said to God again,

“Beloved I need to love you – every aspect, every pore.”

And this time God said,

“There is a hideous blemish on my body,
though it is such an infinitesimal part of my Being-
could you kiss that if it were revealed?”

“I will try, Lord, I will try.”

And then God said,
“That blemish is all the hatred and
cruelty in this
world.”



~  Saint Thomas Aquinas
from Love Poems from God, by Daniel Ladinsky