St Theresa
van Avila - "See
yourself in Him"
If you feel
happy, think of Our Lord at His Resurrection, for the very thought of how He
rose from the tomb will delight you. How He shone with splendour! What spoils
He brought away from the battle, where He won a glorious kingdom that He wishes
to make all your own and Himself with it. Is it much to look but once on Him
Who gives you such riches?
If you have
trials to bear, if you are sorrowful, watch Him on His way to the garden. What
grief must have arisen in His soul to cause Him, who was patience itself, to
manifest and complain of it!
Or see Him
bound ti the column, full of sufferings, His flesh all torn to pieces because
of His tender love for you.
Or look on
Him laden with the cross, and not allowed to stay to take breath.
He will
gaze on you with beautiful, compassionate eyes, and will forget His own grief
to solace yours, only because you went to confort Him, and turned to look at
Him.
(The Way of Perfection 26,4)
