Tuesday, May 21 : William of Saint-Thierry

John, that Beloved Disciple of yours, was not the only one to find the way to heaven (Rv 4,1), nor was the open door revealed to him alone… You have proclaimed openly: “I am the door; if anyone enters in by me, he shall be saved.” You are the door, then, Lord… But of what use is it to us who are on earth to see the door in heaven standing open, when we cannot get up there? Paul answers thus: “He who ascends is the same also as he who descended.” (Eph 4,10). Who is he? He is love. For love in us mounts up to you, O Lord, because the love in you comes down to us. You who loved us, you came down to us; by loving you we shall mount up to you. You who yourself declared: “I am the door;” by your own self I pray you, open yourself to us, that you may show more clearly what house you open… The house of which you are the door is heaven, as we said before; and heaven is where the Father dwells, of whom we read: “The Lord’s seat is in heaven” (Ps 10,4). And truly “nobody comes to the Father except by you” (Jn 14,6), who are the door… Then answer us who seek and yearn for you, I beg: “Master where do you dwell?” (Jn 1,38). You answer promptly, saying: “I am in Father, and the Father is in me” (Jn 14,11); and, in another place: “On day you shall know that I am in the Father, and you in me, and I’ you” (Jn 14,20)… The Father, then, is where you are, and you are where the Father is. Nor is that all; for we are where you are, and you are where we are.

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