A Prayer.........

[The Mystic]

Oh, Divine Majesty, in whose presence the pillars of heaven do quake and
tremble,
You are more than infinite, and yet in your love the seraphim burn. Give
me leave, oh
Lord, to lament our blindness and ingratitude. We all live deceived,
seeking this foolish
world and forsaking You who are our God. We all forsake You, the
fountain of living
water, for the foul mire of the world.

Oh, children of men, how long shall we follow after vanity? What
deception is it that
causes us to forsake our Lord who is our greatest good? Who is it that
speaks the
highest truth to us and loves us most and defends us most? Where is
there a more
perfect friend or tender bridegroom or loving father?

Oh, Divine Lord, how few are those who are willing to suffer that they
may follow
Christ crucified, who embrace the cross. Oh, what a scarcity there is of
those who
are totally stripped, dead to themselves and alive to God and totally
resigned to
Your good pleasure.

--
Theology is an attempt to explain a subject by men
who do not understand it. The intent is not to tell
the truth but to satisfy the questioner.