Stay with the Father
“Those who approach the true Light will be enlightened and will shine like the stars of the firmament for all eternity”.
“Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise; you discern my thoughts from afar. All my way is familiar to you. Before a word is on my tongue, behold, oh Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me…”
(Psalm 139,1-6)
In silent contemplation, in quiet adoration, uniting myself with all existence in its totality, including that which is dark and painful, I greet you, Lord, as the Divine Savior; I bless your love as the Supreme Liberator, giving thanks for its countless benefits, and I abandon myself to You, letting you mold me and complete your work of perfection.
In this moment, identifying myself with your Love, I am no longer anything but your infinite Love that permeated all things, igniting every last atom of my being, leaving it purified and transfigured. Your Love is an endless fire that like a messenger, carries out its divine plan.
Then that same Love silently withdraws and returns to You, to await, in its ecstasy, a new Manifestation.
Oh victorious power of Divine Love, You are the Sovereign Eternal Father of the Universe. You are its Creator and its Savior; You have allowed it to emerge from chaos, and now You lead it toward its eternal ends. Among those ends is your plan for me.
And now I say to You:
How shall I call You, You who have no name?
Your Son, Jesus, came forth from the depths of your solitude. He told us that You existed and that your name was Father. This was great news!
In the quiet afternoon of eternity, when You were life and expanding fire, I lived in your mind.
You cherished me like a golden dream, and my name was written on the palm of your right hand. I did not deserve this, but You loved me as one does his only child.
From the night of my solitude, I lift my arms to tell You: Oh love! Most Holy Father, tireless sea of tenderness, cover me with your Presence, for I am cold and sometimes everything frightens me.
It is said that where there is love, there is no fear.
Why then do these dark currents, drag me towards unknown worlds of anxiety, fear and apprehension?
Bellowed Father, have mercy and grant me the gift of peace, the peace found in a sunset.
I know you are the Loving Presence, Surrounding love, Infinite Woodland of protection.
You are pardon and understanding, security and certainty, joy and freedom.
I go out on the street and You are with me. I get engrossed in work and You remain at my side, in agony and beyond, You say to me: here I am, I go with you. Even if I try to escape your circle of love, climb mountains or stars, even if I were able to fly away, all is useless… I cannot avoid your presence.
You surround me, inundate me and transfigure me.
I was told that You walked across worlds and centuries in search of my fleeing shadow and that when You found me, the sky broke open with songs.
With all this good news, You have transformed me into a prodigiously free child. Thank You.
Now make my old castles and the high walls of my selfishness crumble until there is nothing left of me, not even my dust, and thus I may be transparent for my brothers.
And then, as I go through desolate worlds, I will also be tenderness refugee. I will enlighten the night of pilgrims; I will tell orphans: “I am your mother”. I will give shade to the exhausted, a native land to fugitives, and the ones who lack a home will find shelter under my roof.
You are my Home and my Native Land. I wish to rest in this home at the end of my battle.
You will certainty watch over my sleep, oh Father, eternally loving and loved. Amen
Prayer E-2 “Father”
Song C-38 “Father
To know I am your son, Lord, that joys my heart.
I am your son, oh Lord