<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460127" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>John of Forde, his witness</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">John of Forde</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Kneeling there, the candles living flame<br>in the darkened abbey, brother monks<br>still and silent at the golden altar rail, <br>kneeling there, clearing that inner space<br>into which may enter what God wills –</div><div style="margin:10px 0">sometimes He takes me unawares; <br>murmurs like a gentle thunder<br>some clear message beyond words<br>yet winging into crystal sentences, <br>and that, a treasure-house of joy…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">why do I call it sweet, this moment<br>savoured, indescribable? Because<br>there is no other word… why do I say, <br>ah, He has called me to the marriage feast..? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">How else to tell you how, at that, <br>everything becomes delight, <br>everything becomes a glory? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and the glory is delight; <br>delight, in truth, the glory.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">[adapted from Sermon 43 of Abbot John of Forde Abbey, c.1145-1214]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460127" data-title="John of Forde, his witness de Michael Shepherd" data-description="John of Forde Kneeling there, the candles living flame in the darkened abbey, brother monks still and silent at the golden altar rail, kneeling there, clearing that inner space into which may enter what God wills – sometimes He takes me unaw..."></div> </div> </div>

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