could you embrace that?

[desmond dillon]

I said to God, 'let me love you.'

and He replied, 'which part?'

'All of you, all of you' I said .

'Dear' God spoke, 'you are as a mouse wanting to impregnate

a tiger who is not even in heat. It is a feat way

beyond your courage and strength.

You would run from me if I removed my mask.'

I said to God again,

'Beloved I need to love you- every aspect, every pore.'

And this time God said,

'There is a hidden blemish on my body,

though it is such an infinitesimal part of my Being-

could you kiss that if it were revealed?'

'I will try Lord, I will try.

And then God said,

'That blemish is all the hatred

and cruelty in this world.'

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St. Thomas Aquinas    13th Cent.

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[janice wilson]

here;s to being kind