Come,
all you simple souls -
Those
without piety, grand talents,
or
lessons learned.
Come,
all you
Who
understand nothing of spiritual terms
who
are filled with amazement
at
the eloquence of the learned.
Come,
and I will teach you the secret,
unreachable
by those brilliant scholars -
The
secret of perfection.
You
will find this perfection within you,
above
you, below you,
with
every step you take.
Then
you will be united with God -
hand
in hand you will walk.
Come,
not to study the map of spiritual terrain,
But
to possess it for yourself;
To
walk about in it
without
fear of going astray.
Why
learn the theory of Divine Grace,
and
what it has been doing throughout the ages,
when
you can become and be
the
very instruments of its operations?
Come,
not to discuss the words of others,
But
to listen...
For
in the sacredness of the moment
Divine
Grace is telling you alone all that is required.
Jean
Pierre de Caussade
The
Sacredness of the Moment
