The Spiritual Espousals and Other Works |
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able according activity adorned beatitude become blessed Sacrament blessedness blissful enjoyment blood body Bridegroom called ceaselessly charity Christian consolation constantly contemplative created creatures death desire distinction divine earth empty enlightened Espousals essential eternal everything experience exterior faith Father fathomless feel fervent flow fruit gifts give God's glory God's grace Groenendaal Hadewijch heart heaven heavenly hidden higher powers holy Church Holy Spirit human humble humility immersion inclination incomprehensible interior exercises interiorly intermediary Jan van Ruusbroec John of Schoonhoven kingdom light live Lord Louis Dupré means Middle Dutch mode modeless mortal sin mystical namely nature Nevertheless ourselves particular form person possess practice praise prevenient grace R. W. Southern raised reason receive remain resplendence rest rich righteousness saints savor says senses simple sins soul sublime suffering superessential supernatural teaching things three unities touch transcends treatise truth turn understanding union unity virtues Whoever wisdom wishes words
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Page xiv - Thus therefore we see how the Father is in the Son. and the Son in the Father...
Page 19 - the image of the invisible God, the first-born of .all creation ; ... all things have been created through him and unto him ; and he is before all things, and in him all things consist ... in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily
Page 51 - Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing