wonders He performed authenticated His
Messianic claims,
for all of them were
prophesied of old.
He was anointed
by the Father to
preach the gospel
to the poor; to heal
the broken-hearted,
to preach deliverance
to the captives,
to give sight to
the blind and set
at liberty those
that are broken.
ever that it is timefor the harvest.The very forceand desperationof satan’s attackis evidence of it.By keeping us confused,focused on the negative,and complacent,satan is actively tryingto steal the pious men’schoicest fruit oflove andvirtues.
complete and wholein every individual soul.The destination that luresthe mystic through darknessand poverty of spiritis the consummationof the mystical formationin which the subjectand object become oneand the disciple is perfectlyconformed to the Master.
the first stepbecause theywill find moreopenness in themselvesthan they thought possible.Blessed are thosewho canlistento the neighboreven if he or shedisagrees,because they willencourage compromise.
God steps into the soul.and the soul is possessed by God.When God abandons the soul,it becomes fruitless.(Graphic: thecontemplativeearth.com)
sparkling eyesI see back tothe past andremember mysecret longingsof body and soul.I never revealedit to anyoneand now youappear before meJust as in a dream.
in the exterior self, so thatthe inner self, purified and renewed,can fulfill its functionas the image of the Divine Being.
