Remedios Varo
“This Beloved of ours is merciful and good.
Besides, he so deeply longs for our love
that he keeps calling us to come closer.
This voice of his is so sweet
that the poor soul falls apart
in the face of her own inability to instantly do
whatever he asks of her.
And so you can see,
hearing him hurts
much more than not being able to hear him…
For now,
his voice reaches us through words spoken by good people,
through listening to spiritual talks,
and reading sacred literature.
God calls to us in countless little ways all the time.
Through illnesses and suffering
and through sorrow he calls to us.
Through a truth
glimpsed fleetingly in a state of prayer he calls to us.
No matter how halfhearted
such insights may be,
God rejoices
whenever we learn what he is trying to teach us.”
~St. Teresa of Avila
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