A quotation from Euripides

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 319ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/80979/

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Quote of the day, 24 December: Blessed Marie-Eugène

We know what drama the Blessed Virgin experienced: the anguish of Saint Joseph, which she witnessed (cf. Mt 1:19–25). She withdraws into silence; she does not speak. How could she speak of such marvelous things? And how could it be believed that she had truly conceived by the Holy Spirit, that the Son she would bear was to be great before the Lord and would reclaim the throne of David?

Then the Angel, in turn, came down to Saint Joseph, telling him to take Mary as his wife and revealing to him also the great mystery. From that moment—after the Virgin Mary’s return to Nazareth—they lived together in a far deeper intimacy, above all a spiritual one, sealed by the angel and by the promises they had heard, by the mystery that was being accomplished.

We can sense the attitude of the Blessed Virgin—an attitude, I say, of silence and adoration before the mystery being fulfilled in her. It is a mystery in which light rises within her faculties and throughout her whole soul. It is surely a gentle clarity of dawn, of which Saint John of the Cross speaks, and which souls experience at the moment of perfect union with God.

Yes, what intimacy she has with the Word who is within her, who—under the action of the Holy Spirit—builds His humanity there with her own flesh! In The Living Flame of Love, Saint John of the Cross speaks of the “sleeping Word” within her womb, who at times awakens. This is truly what the Virgin Mary experiences, under the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit and the power of the Most High.

She experiences this mystery deeply. It is a mystery, I say, of light—but also of darkness; a mystery that remains, most certainly, the mystery.

Blessed Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus

Heureuse Celle qui a Cru, Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (1964)

de l’Enfant-Jésus, M 2017, Heureuse Celle qui a Cru, edited by Institut Notre-Dame de Vie, Éditions du Carmel, Toulouse.

Translation from the French text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: Virgin and Child is one of the true gems of the Robert Lehmann Collection at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. This small oil on oak panel painting—its overall dimensions are 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (15.6 x 11.4 cm)—from the workshop of early 16th c. master Gerard David is a testimony to the success of the studio. Image credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public domain).

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Cafh: We-are-one-with-all when we remain conscious of the greater whole. Beyond the reaches of our world & our humanity, there is a greater reality that contains & sustains us.

Somos-en-todo, porque más allá del ámbito de nuestro mundo y nuestra humanidad nos mantenemos conscientes del todo mayor que nos contiene y alienta nuestra existencia.

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Cafh: We-are-one-with-all when we remain conscious of the greater whole. Beyond the reaches of our world & our humanity, there is a greater reality that contains & sustains us.

Somos-en-todo, porque más allá del ámbito de nuestro mundo y nuestra humanidad nos mantenemos conscientes del todo mayor que nos contiene y alienta nuestra existencia.

#cafhglobal.com #cafh.org #meditation #spirituality #innerpeace #silence #listen

Image by efes from Pixabay

Foto zum Dienstag.
Stille vor dem Heiligabend

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