Friday of the First Week of Advent

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Consumed in Grace 
Catherine of Siena

I first saw God when I was a child,
six years of age.
 
The cheeks of the sun were pale before Him,
and the earth acted as a shy
girl, like me.
 
Divine light entered my heart from His love
that did never fully wane,
 
though indeed, dear, I can understand how
a person’s faith
can at times flicker,
 
for what is the mind to do
with something that becomes the mind’s ruin: a God that consumes us
in His grace.
 
I have seen what you want;
it is there,
 
a Beloved of infinite
tenderness.