We are beloved companions on a mystic journey, sharing our solitude and holding the world in the divine prayer of love.

"Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory. Place your heart in the figure of the divine substance. And transform your whole being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation."
- from St. Clare's third letter to Blessed Agnes of Prague.

Sunday, December 18, 2016

O ADONAI, O ELOHIM




O ADONAI, O ELOHIM
LEADER OF ISRAEL’S HOUSE
WHO SPOKE YOUR NAME IN FIRE TO MOSES
AND UPON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN CARVED YOUR LOVE AS LAW
COME
AND WITH YOUR OUTSTRETCHED ARM
FREE US.

O Unspeakable,
O One containing everything
O Name without sound
O Great I AM,
You draw the majesty of all the gods into your One creative fire
Outside You nothing is.
Because we cannot say your name
We call you Adonai, the leadership, providence going forth,
We call you Elohim, the genesis, the ‘let it be’ of creation.
We drop the letters and sounds we can utter
Into the unutterable YHWH.

And we hear you in the fire,
We hear you in the thunder,
We hear you in the heartbeat,
I AM THAT I AM.

O Come!



(for further explanation of these Hebrew names see http://www.myredeemerlives.com/namesofgod/adonai-elohim.html )


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