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."