He stood there in the front of the room bathed in light
and suddenly he turned into a halo right before my eyes
All that was once invisible to me was now a Holy matter
and all the things I oft kept shut were opened wide ajar
He was kindness personified and as he framed me still,
I heard the swoosh of his gown as he came forward to
wrap his arms around me tight, and then he whispered,
"I Love You So"
as he nodded deeply it was then I understood why,
though I was unfit to untie His dusty leather sandal
I was the one who had to wipe the tears away from
His moonstruck cheek
He turned me into a Mystic with a hashtag, "meek"
and then He turned me into strong,
in His Tudor house of LOVE...
NOTHING LIKE THE ASSURANCE OF HIS PRESENCE TO 'KNOW'...WE ARE LOVED AND OVERSHADOWED BY JESUS, ALWAYS! THANKS FOR SHARING, ROSE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
A unique figuring here Vie. As it declares in scripture: "Without faith, it is impossible to please God." Period. The content in this got my brain buzzing. Here's what came to me. I realized I'd never once given your Nom-de-Plume- Mystic Rose- much thought. It is a unique image, and hints at a particular calling.
MYSTIC: a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.
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ROSE: any shrub or climbing plant of the rosaceous genus Rosa, typically having prickly stems, compound leaves, and fragrant flowers.
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Did you know that Mary, by many Catholics, is considered the Mystical Rose?
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Saint Brigid said: “The Virgin Mary may suitably be called a blooming rose. Just as the gentle rose is placed among thorns, so this gentle Virgin was surrounded by sorrow.” Holy Mary, Mystical Rose, pray for us.
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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux contended: "Eve was a thorn, wounding, bringing death to all. In Mary though, we see a rose, soothing everybody's hurts, giving the destiny of salvation back to all. Mary was a rose, white for maidenhood, red for love; white in body, red in soul; white in her seeking after virtue, red in treading down vice; white in cleansing her affections, red in mortifying her flesh; white in her love of God, red in compassion for her neighbor"
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Thanks for sharing. Regards.... rlc
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MYSTIC: a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.
.
ROSE: any shrub or climbing plant of the rosaceous genus Rosa, typically having prickly stems, compound leaves, and fragrant flowers.
.
Did you know that Mary, by many Catholics, is considered the Mystical Rose?
.
Saint Brigid said: “The Virgin Mary may suitably be called a blooming rose. Just as the gentle rose is placed among thorns, so this gentle Virgin was surrounded by sorrow.” Holy Mary, Mystical Rose, pray for us.
.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux contended: "Eve was a thorn, wounding, bringing death to all. In Mary though, we see a rose, soothing everybody's hurts, giving the destiny of salvation back to all. Mary was a rose, white for maidenhood, red for love; white in body, red in soul; white in her seeking after virtue, red in treading down vice; white in cleansing her affections, red in mortifying her flesh; white in her love of God, red in compassion for her neighbor"
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Thanks for sharing. Regards.... rlc