Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction xxi
The
Kingdom of Heaven
1
Matthew
13:31–33, 44–46
The
Sermon on the Mount
2
Matthew
5:1–16
Be
Ye Therefore Perfect
4
Matthew
5:38–48
Seek
Ye First the Kingdom of God
6
Matthew
6:19–22, 24–33
Ask
and It Shall Be Given
8
Matthew
7:7–12
I
Was Thirsty and You Gave Me Drink
9
Matthew
25:31–45
Take
Up Your Cross
11
Mark
8:34–36
Be
as a Little Child
12
Mark
10:13–15
More
Than All Burnt Offerings and Sacrifices
13
Mark
12:28–34
Ye
Must Be Born Again
15
John
3:5–8
The
Coming of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter
16
John
14:15–21, 25–27
The
Vine
18
John
15:1–11
I
in Them and Thou in Me
20
John
17:1–6, 20–26
If
You Will Not Know Yourselves
22
Gospel
of Thomas
The
Sign of the Father
23
Gospel
of Thomas
Into
a Single One
24
Gospel
of
Thomas
We
Are the Children of God
25
Romans
8:16–23
Be
Ye Transformed
27
Romans
12:19
When
I Am Weak, Then I Am Strong
29
II
Corinthians
12:2–10
The
Foolishness of God Is Wiser Than Men
31
II
Corinthians 1:18–29, 3:18–23
I
Count Not Myself to Have Apprehended
33
Philippians
3:7–15
The
Glory of Charity
35
I
Corinthians 13:1–13
A
New Heaven and a New Earth
37
Revelation
21:1–6
All
Eyes, All Light, All Face, All Glory, and All Spirit 38
Saint
Macarius of Egypt
My
Sins Are Running Out Behind Me
40
Sayings
of the
Desert
Fathers
To
His Last Breath
41
Sayings
of the Desert
Fathers
Take
Care of the Sick
42
Sayings
of the Desert Fathers
Why
Not Be Utterly Changed into Fire?
43
Sayings
of the
Desert
Fathers
Entering
the Dark Cloud
44
Gregory
of Nyssa
The
Doctrine of Infinite Growth
46
Gregory
of Nyssa
Unity
in Diversity
49
Gregory
of Nyssa
The
Radiance of the Divine Darkness
50
Dionysius
the Areopagite
Entering
into Joy
52
Saint
Augustine
She
Leads Us All to Divine Knowledge
54
Romanus
the Melodist
Healing
of My Body and Salvation of My Soul
56
Romanus
the Melodist
An
Invocation to the Holy Spirit
57
Saint
Symeon the New Theologian
Beyond
Nature, Thought, or Conception
59
Saint
Symeon the New Theologian
Guard
the Heart
60
Saint
Symeon the New Theologian
Take
the Poor Man In
61
Saint
Symeon the New Theologian
A
Charitable Heart
62
Saint
Isaac the Syrian
Constant
Prayer
63
Saint
Isaac the
Syrian
How
Best to Say the Jesus Prayer
64
Nicephorus
the
Solitary
And
the Faithful Shall Abide with Him
66
Hesychius
of Jerusalem
God's
Word Is in All Creation
67
Hildegard
of Bingen
To
the Virgin
68
Hildegard
of Bingen
On
the Assumption
69
Saint
Bernard
of
Clairvaux
Mary
Star of the Sea
71
Saint
Bernard
of
Clairvaux
The
Four Degrees of Passionate Clarity
73
Richard
of Saint Victor
Lord,
Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace
77
Saint
Francis of Assisi
The
Song of the Sun
78
Saint
Francis of Assisi
How
the Soul through the Senses Finds God in All Creatures
80
Jacopone
da Todi
God
Speaks to the Soul
82
Mechthild
of Magdeburg
To
Live Out What I Am
84
Hadewijch
of Antwerp
Subject
to That Great Power
86
Hadewijch
of Antwerp
Behold
My Humility
88
Angela
of Foligno
Seeing
God in and with Darkness
89
Angela
of Foligno
The
Divine Birth
92
Meister
Eckhart
The
Spark and the Ground
93
Meister
Eckhart
Sermon
Nineteen:
Surrexit
Autem Saulus De Terra
Apertisque
Oculis
Nihil Videbat
94
Meister
Eckhart
Vision
of God
97
Dante
Alighieri
The
Path of Pain
101
Johann
Tauler
My
Sufferings Are the Door
103
Heinrich
Suso
How
Steadfastly One Must Fight Who Would Attain the Spiritual Prize
104
Heinrich
Suso
Jesus,
Are You Not My
Mother? 107
Marguerite
of Oingt
Christ
the Mother
108
Julian
of Norwich
Every
Sort of Thing Will Be All Right
110
Julian
of Norwich
The
Soul as a Living Mirror
112
John
Ruusbroec
Deified
Souls
116
John
Ruusbroec
Both
Work and Rest, Action and Fruition
118
John
Ruusbroec
Me
in You and You in Me
121
Saint
Catherine of Siena
The
Spiritual Marriage
123
Saint
Teresa
of Avila
Mary
and Martha Must Combine
125
Saint
Teresa of Avila
Dark
Night
127
Saint
John of the Cross
The
Purification of the Fire
130
Saint
John of the Cross
The
Elixir
133
George
Herbert
The
House of God
135
Thomas
Traherne
The
Knot
Henry
Vaughan
I
Must Be the Virgin and Give Birth to God
138
Angelus
Silesius
Dearest
and Holiest and Most Beloved Mother 140
Saint
Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
Mary
and the Second Coming of Christ
142
Saint
Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
The
Treasure
145
Jean
Pierre de Caussade
His
Work Is Perfect
146
Jean
Pierre de Caussade
To
the Christians
148
William
Blake
The
Divine Image
151
William
Blake
Auguries
of Innocence
153
William
Blake
The
Holy Conversation between Saint Seraphim of Sarov and Motovilov
155
N.A.
Motovilov
The
Magic of the Name of Jesus
161
From
The
Way of a Pilgrim
True
Christianity
163
Vladimir
Soloviev
God's
Grandeur
165
Gerard
Manley Hopkins
The
Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe 166
Gerard
Manley Hopkins
The
Little Way
168
Saint
Thérèse of Lisieux
Love's
Vision
170
Edward
Carpenter
The
Cosmic Christ
171
Teilhard
de Chardin
A
New Identity and a New Mode of Action
173
Thomas
Merton
Mary,
the First Christian Revolutionary
175
Leonardo
Boff
The
Tradition of Praise
178
Matthew
Fox
Being
Happy with Him Now
180
Mother
Teresa
The
New Creation
181
Bede
Griffiths
Envoi:
You Are Christ's Hands
183
Saint
Teresa of Avila
Sources 187