If Love is what moves the World; Poetry is the tachograph of its throbbing
This week reading San Juan de la Cruz (Saint John of the Cross) you are amazed at how someone can put exalted words to a feeling and make it revive by evoking it the reader
That's because the Heart flows through the arm, reaches the hand and guides the pen
Below are some fragments of texts by San Juan de la Cruz Saint John of the Cross since S. XVI:
From "The Living Flame of Love":
1. Oh, living flame of love
That tenderly woundest my soul in its deepest centre,
Since thou art no longer oppressive, perfect me now if it be thy will,
Break the web of this sweet encounter
From Spiritual Canticle (from The Bridge to The The Bridgegroom)
Yes, we can find ourselves in these lines because previously we have been loved, and giving ourselves to Light, we can love 😀😀
References:
Catechism of the Catholic Church click here
1335 The miracles of the multiplication of the loaves, when the Lord says the blessing, breaks and distributes the loaves through his disciples to feed the multitude, prefigure the superabundance of this unique bread of his Eucharist.156 The sign of water turned into wine at Cana already announces the Hour of Jesus' glorification. It makes manifest the fulfillment of the wedding feast in the Father's kingdom, where the faithful will drink the new wine that has become the Blood of Christ.157
San Juan de la Cruz Biografy:
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/san_juan_de_la_cruz/autor_biografia/
Spiritual Canticle: https://ccel.org/ccel/john_cross/canticle/canticle.iv.html
The Living Flame of Love:
https://www.summitlighthouse.org/living-flame-of-love-saint-john-cross/
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