Twenty-Second Meditation

(Ascent of Mount Carmel, book II: chapter 28-30)

"He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, 'This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.'" (46)


Whispers Of The Breeze

Successive words discourse within:
Wisdom, reason, and self are heard.
Is drivel, prone to error and sin,
Loving silence before the Word?

Words which the Spirit has spoken
Strengthen her soul with loving grace;
Heal her heart, tepid and broken --
Humbly, she remains in her place.

From her low place, she looks above:
Her soul falls silent and serene;
Her limpid heart, liquid with love,
Listens to Him -- the Word Unseen.

With silent love, the soul can hear
The breeze whisper when He draws near.

46. Matthew 17:5


(c) Paul Buis, 2003