Saturday, June 6 : Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross [Edith Stein]

Who are you, sweet light, that fills me?…
Are you the ray
That flashes down from the eternal Judge’s throne
And breaks into the night of the soul
That had never known itself? (Lk 12,39)
Mercifully, relentlessly
It penetrates hidden folds.
Alarmed at seeing itself,
The self makes space for holy fear,
The beginning of that wisdom
That comes from on high
And anchors us firmly in the heights,
Your action
That creates us anew:
Holy Spirit, ray that penetrates everything! Are you the spirit’s fullness and the power
By which the Lamb releases the seal
Of God’s eternal decree? (Rv 5,7)
Driven by you
The messengers of judgment ride through the world
And separate with a sharp sword
The kingdom of light from the kingdom of night.
Then heaven becomes new and new the earth,
And all finds its proper place
Through your breath:
Holy Spirit, victorious power!

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