There Is This One Who Knows All Mysteries
'There is this One who knows all mysteries
And who embraced them from Eternity
And this same One ... the Father's Word He is -
Splendour, that Word, of His Divinity
See that One come, with Love's excess
With Charity so urgent! Say:
'Son of the Father's tenderness -
God gives us Him on this great day.'
O Word! may - lifelong now -
I listen to You! so
Possessed by You, that how
To love be all I know.
'Amo Christum'
For Reflection:
At times we can find ourselves having to wait for a promise, one that has been made to us a in genuine spirit of trust, to come true. This might be merely an item that we have found unavailable at the store and returned to pick up as requested. The promise of a visit. Perhaps it is a deeper level of promise made by a friend, a family member or lover, a promise of sharing precious time and space , of helping with some broader sense of direction and purpose to the days.
In this poem, written in December 1903 by Elizabeth, she shares her understanding of a 'Love' that is two way. The remarkable 'Love' of the Divine embodied in the promise of 'the Messiah' is described in detail, and yet the final line ends with Elizabeth's own commitment to respond with a true 'love of Christ' (Amo Christum) and a willingness to listen.
In this first week of Advent 2024, let us consider those areas of our lives where we might need to respond to those in our communities who are 'waiting on love'. Can we embrace them with a 'Charity so urgent'? Can we embrace this Divine Love , sure of the promise of 'seeing that One come' to steer us through circumstances, steer us through trials and steer us through mysteries?
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