These are two lovely, contemplative poems by Angelus Silesius, a 17th century Franciscan whose theology has similarities with that of Meister Eckhart, the 14th century Dominican mystic who said: ‘God is God and has no why. God has no why but yet he is the why of everything.’
The rose:
The rose is without why, it blooms because it blooms. It does not pay attention to itself, asks not whether it is seen.
The heart:
Thy heart receives thy God and all that with Him goes when it expands towards Him as does an opening rose.
K Marsh
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