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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

My Beloved is for me...



Yesterday all of us received the Sacrament of Healing; that is always such a grace. We have a special ceremony during the Mass. 

Ever since the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila last week, I have been reading her poems in Spanish. I have found some that help me to pray and so share a bit with you today, but in the English translation:

"On Those Words: Dilectus Meus Mihi

Myself surrendered and given,
The exchange is this:
My Beloved is for me,
And I am for my Beloved.

When the Gentle hunter
Wounded and subdued me,
In love's arms,
My soul fallen;
New life receiving,
Thus did I exchange
My Beloved is for me,
And I am for my Beloved.

The arrow he drew
Full of love,
My soul was oned
With her Creator.
Other love I want not,
Surrendered now to my God,
That my Beloved is for me,
And I am for my Beloved.


Translation by Adrian J. Cooney, O.C.D.

I love the "In love's arms, my soul fallen;
New life receiving, thus did I exchange
My beloved is for me and I am for my Beloved."
… and

"Surrendered now to my God,
That my Beloved is for me,
And I am for my Beloved."

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