"O Light Eternal, surpassing all created brightness, flash forth the lightning from above and enlighten the inmost recesses of my heart. Cleanse, cheer, enlighten, and vivify my spirit with all Your power, that I may cleave to You in ecstasies of joy. Oh, when will that happy and wished for hour come, that You may fill me with Your presence and become all in all to me? So long as this is not given, my joy will not be complete.
The old man, alas, yet lives within me. He has not yet been entirely crucified; he is not yet entirely dead. He still lusts strongly against the Spirit, and he will not leave the kingdom of my soul in peace. But You, Who commands the power of the sea and calms the tumult of its waves, arise and help me. Scatter the nations that delight in war; crush them in Your sight. Show forth I beg, Your wonderful works and let Your right hand be glorified, because for me there is no other hope or refuge except in You, O Lord, my God." ~from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a' Kempis
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