Songs of the soul in the intimate communication of loving union with God.
1.
Oh living flame of love that tenderly
wounds my soul
in its deepest center!
Since now you are not oppressive,
now consummate!
It it be your will:
tear through the veil of this
sweet encounter!
2.
O sweet cautery,
O delightful wound!
O gentle hand!
O delicate touch that tastes of eternal life
and pays every debt!
In killing you changed death to life.
3.
O lamps of fire!
In whose splendors the deep
caverns of feeling,
once obscure and blind,
now give forth, so rarely,
so exquisitely,
both warmth and light to their
Beloved.
4.
How gently and lovingly
you make my heart,
where in secret you dwell alone;
and in your sweet breathing,
filled with good and glory,
how tenderly you swell my heart with love.- St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
Revised Edition
Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD
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Wikipedia.com - St. John of the Cross
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Source:
Revised Edition
Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD
Image of St. John of the Cross
Wikipedia.com - St. John of the Cross
under Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 (Unported). and the GNU Free Documentation License
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