The Awesome Humanity of God

Dear God
I know I cannot begin to imagine the
width, breadth and depth of your love for us.
But I can glimpse this Amazing Love.
The more I appreciate the undeserved gift of faith,
then the more I live inside the beauties with which
You have surrounded us. Actually every way we turn
we can see Your Face: family, friends, others, and
strangers, too. The wonders of nature. But still the
immensity of Your Love seems to escape us.

When a man loves a woman
and she loves him loving her,
her lovingness is sparkling with delight.
Her eyes, her smile, all her senses are turned
toward him. This face of love must still be
only a glimpse, a paltry veil of the immensity
and diversity of Thy Love for every one of us.

In everything that happens
I must ask myself,
"Is it you, Lord?"
"Is it you inviting me deeper into the
Mystery of your lovingness,
desiring my heart for
yourself alone?"

Why are we embarrassed
to use human love as a metaphor
for the ineffable mystery of God’s love?
When is the last time we heard
a homily on the Song of Songs?
Is this lack of imagination one of the
roots of dearth of discipleship today?

Tonight, on this eve of an Important Anniversary
–a rebirth of Divine Love in human form--
Beloved Companion, please love this
lonely heart with your own
immense desire;
Awaken me to your
Beauty everywhere.
Thank you.

Paschal Baute
December 24, 2004