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

"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

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

 

"Where there is no love, pour love in --

and you will draw love out."- St John of the Cross

“In the evening of life, we will be judged 
on love alone.” - St John of the Cross

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Bishop Barron at the Tomb of St. John of the Cross - YouTube

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 St John of the Cross, pray for us!

All things, made new...

He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!"  

Then he said, "Write this down, for these words

are trustworthy and true." - Rev 21:5

 

 

During a visit to the Philippines, Sister Gertrude from the Sacred Hearts Community

in Hawaii relayed this story (when she was over seventy) to Msgr Josefino (Pepe)

 Ramirez.  He passes it on in a Chapter of his book, Letters to a Brother Priest:

 

"When (Sr Gertrude) was a young nun, one of the old nuns was dying. The custom at that time was for the community to gather in prayer around the one dying.  ... the nun was breathing her last breaths.  Suddenly, she opened her eyes, stretched forth her arms and exclaimed: "O my Beloved." 

Then she sat up and gazed lovingly at the Blessed Sacrament,which she had permission to have in her room since she had been too weak to go to the chapel. What happened next had never been told, until Sister Gertrude shared it with me.  The old, wrinkled nun changed to a strikingly attractive young woman, radiantly aglow with a countenance that put the rest of the nuns into ecstasy just looking at her. After what seemed like a minute or two, the transformed nun went back against her pillow, turning old again and died.  When the Sisters came out of their ecstasy, they were stunned to discover that this extraordinary event lasted for more than one or two minutes. The Sisters were in ecstasy for over thirteen hours!  

... If only we could see the change that takes place in us at each Holy Hour we make.  We are made new in the Eternal Youth of Christ.  We are made innocent, without blemish, as we are cleansed in His Precious Blood, in the folly of His surpassing love. "

 

Photo: University of Steubenville, Ohio