Thursday, May 28 : John Tauler

I am the light of the world. — John viii, 12. Indeed, He is the light of the world, even of the material universe, for He gives the sun its light, and the moon and stars; He is the light of our bodily eyes; He is especially the beautiful light of reason shining in our souls. And to this light, to God our Saviour, the ource of all light, must the light in every creature return again or it will lapse into utter darkness; and He that is the light of the world hateth darkness. Now, Jesus says to thee : I am the true light, and I will give thee My eternal light to expel thy darkness, and with My light I will give thee My being, My life, My glory and My joy. And now let us consider the true way, and the shortest way leading into the very focus of this heavenly light. Briefly, it is unfeigned self-denial joined to boundless love of God — one’s own self in not a single particular and God’s honor in all things. Let there be no crooked, but all straight ways in thee; whatever comes to thee, accept it as immediately out of the hand of God, sweet or bitter, and refer it all back again into the same loving hand, in entire abandonment to His holy will. This is the straight road to perfection

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