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Christian Unity - Tender
heartedness
There is a path for the river of faith through the cavernous
woods
Roaring over the rocks of the gorge where the rapids hold sway
Yet lapping peacefully upon the pebbles of the lake shore
The waves of tender-heartedness
Dogma demands the formalising of the torrents’ way
Between and beyond the boulders of proud definition
Yet hardly touching the sheltered cove of believers’ trust
The ripples of tender-heartedness
Tradition exhorts all escaping streams to flow determinedly
Between the twisted roots of old oaks and unbending firs
Yet softly flowing beneath gently bending boughs
The course of tender-heartedness
Faith and love tumble despairingly within the foaming currents
The raging waters seeping low into dry pools of shale
Yet trickling on within the warmth of devotion in constant stream
The spring of tender-heartedness
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From: William W ...
To: Donald ...
Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2013, 21:06
Subject: Re: Tender-heartedness
To: Donald ...
Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2013, 21:06
Subject: Re: Tender-heartedness
Dear Father Donald,
Amidst my torrent of words (!) on Unity, delighting in the writings of Gabrielle and Balthasar, and in the poetry of your inspiration, there runs in my mind a stream of spiritual "tender-heartedness" (a wonderfully minted word!) I wonder indeed how the joy of unity can be a expressed otherwise than in poetry? May the poetry of the Spirit speak to us!
With my love in Our Lord,
William
Christian Unity - Tender heartedness
There is a path for the river of faith through the cavernous woods
Roaring over the rocks of the gorge where the rapids hold sway
Yet lapping peacefully upon the pebbles of the lake shore
The waves of tender-heartedness
Dogma demands the formalising of the torrents’ way
Between and beyond the boulders of proud definition
Yet hardly touching the sheltered cove of believers’ trust
The ripples of tender-heartedness
Tradition exhorts all escaping streams to flow determinedly
Between the twisted roots of old oaks and unbending firs
Yet softly flowing beneath gently bending boughs
The course of tender-heartedness
Faith and love tumble despairingly within the foaming currents
The raging waters seeping low into dry pools of shale
Yet trickling on within the warmth of devotion in constant stream
The spring of tender-heartedness
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Dear William,
In tune with the Gabrielle the words talks as if in monosyllabic, the great simplicity.
Then, in Hans Urs von Balthasar, opens words of presence in tand differen style. His phrases elaborate more phrases, as it were, multi-sylabic expressions. For the occasion I think of minting the new word, 'tender-heartedness.' It gives me a possible five metre line for poet or hymn.
What am mulling over???
In Dno.
Donald
HE AND i, Gabrielle Bossis
1939
May 26 - 5:30 A. M.
"From the moment you wake
up, intercede for others. Claim sinners from Me. You cannot know
the joy you would give Me. I died for them. It wasn't illness that
made Me die. I was struck down in the fullness of life. If you don't help
Me today I won't be able to save this soul or that one, and you know
I love them. Then save them as though you were saving Me. "
[edit: English, insert 1980 page 55–(Later - not in the later edition 1985)—
check with the French; discovers varied versions 14th and 26th
. ]
“Come and take
My infinite tenderness. [Sers-toi, dans Ma douceur infinite] You could
never find enough in yourself. And I’m so happy to give you whatever you lack.
Tell Me that you count on Me.
Force the door
of the tabernacle. Force it with blows of love. You deliver Me when you deliver
souls and it is love that sets free.”
“Of course!
Everyone I say to one of My children is for all of them. Each soul is my Favourite...
If only you knew My love for each one... Believe in this love. Make the most of
it.”
Gabrielle Bossis.
Auteur de Lui et moi by Madame
de Bouchaud (1 Apr 1997)
« 14e édition
No 179. – 26 mai
« Sers-toi, dans Ma douceur infinie. Tu serais incapable d’en
trouver suffisamment en toi-même. Et Moi, Je suis si heureux de te procurer ce
qui te manque. Dis-Moi que tu compte sur Moi.
« Force la port du Tabernacle. Force-la, à coups d’amour! Tu Me délivres,
quand tu délivres des âmes, et c’est l’amour qui délivre. » ** next other
Edition …
« 26e édition No 227
« Bien sûr! Tout ce que Je dis a une âme, c’est pour toutes les âmes.
« Toutes, sont Mes Preferences…
Ah !si l’on savait Mon amour pour chacune
« Crois à cet amour. Exploite-le. »
20 Jan 2013
If I give you favours of tenderness, it is to encourage you to stoop to make sacrifices for your brothers. Give as you have received. I want to go down to the very heart of your heart and make My home there. It will be simple and ...
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