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Theology of the Heart: Wisdom of the heart- Guillaume of
Saint-Thierry |
“You shall see the sky opened”
Guillaume of
Saint-Thierry (around 1085-1148),
Benedictine, then Cistercian monk
Meditative prayers VI, 5-7
If it is enough to see two or three united in your name here below
so as to see you in their midst (Mt 18:20) …, what can we say about the
place where you have united all the saints who have “made a covenant
with you by sacrifice” and who have become like “the heavens that
proclaim your justice”? (Ps 50:5-6)
Your beloved disciple was not the only one who found the path that
ascends to heaven; he was not the only one to whom an open door in
heaven was shown (Rev 4:1). For you declared it to everyone by your own
mouth: “I am the door. Whoever enters through me will be safe.” (Jn
10:9) So you are the door, and according to what you added, you open it
to everyone who wants to enter.
But of what use is it to us to see an open door in heaven while we are
on earth, if we don’t have the means to ascend there? Saint Paul gives
us the answer: “He who ascended is the very one who descended.” (Eph
4:9) Who is he? Love. For, Lord, it is love that goes up to you from our
hearts, because it is love that came down from you to us. Because you
loved us, you came down to us; by loving you, we will be able to ascend
to you. You who said: “I am the door,” in your name I beg you to open
yourself before us. Then we will see more clearly to which dwelling you
are the door and when and to whom you open it.
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