The heavens and the earth drink there...

For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd;
He will lead them to springs of living water. - Rev 7:17

Worship of the Lamb of God – Central detail Ghent altarpiece ~ Flemish VanEyck brothers (1432)

"That eternal Spring is hidden

             yet I know well where it flows...

            I know that there can be

            nothing else so beautiful

            and that the heavens and the earth drink there...

            I know well that its bottom cannot be found

            and that no one can penetrate its depths...

            Its clarity is never muddied,

            and I know that every light has come from it...

            Well do I know how vast , how mighty is the flow

            of the stream born in this Fount...

            This eternal Spring is hidden

          in this living Bread to give us life...

            It is here calling to creatures

            and from its water they quench their thirst...

            This living Fount that I long for

            I see in this Bread of Life..."

St John of the Cross

Doctor (mystical theology) of the Church

Spain ~ 1542 - 1591

Carmelite priest and reformer

Co-founder Discalced Carmelites

w/St Teresa of Ávila

FEAST DAY - Dec 14

 

“In the evening of life, we will be judged

on love alone.”  ~ St John of the Cross

"Where there is no love, put love --
and you will find love." ~ St John of the Cross

Click here: St. John of the Cross - YouTube (2 mins) Apostleship of Prayer

Click here: St. John of the Cross - YouTube (3 mins) CCTN

Click here: Fr. Barron at Tomb of St. John of the Cross - YouTube (3 mins)

  
St John of the Cross, pray for us!