Sevenoaks, St John the Baptist: An old man dreaming

Saturday 6 March 2010

An old man dreaming

And what a wonderful dream it is. Why not read it here?

2 comments:

Antonio said...: "...it is a dream that can be, that should be, that will be realised".

There are some parts of his speech that I didn't like a lot, but... is his dream so different from the Pope's?; 7 March 2010 at 19:08
Fr Ivan D Aquilina said...: I think it differs in the sense that the generous offer of the Holy Father is for groups of Anglicans whilst this dream includes the whole CofE. I know it seems highly unlikely but it is a wonderful dream...; 7 March 2010 at 20:21

O Jesus, who in Thy bitter Passion didst become "the most abject of men, a man of sorrows", I venerate Thy Sacred Face whereon there once did shine the beauty and sweetness of the Godhead; but now it has become for me as if it were the face of a leper! Nevertheless, under those disfigured features, I recognize Thy infinite Love and I am consumed with the desire to love Thee and make Thee loved by all men. O Jesus, I implore Thee to fix deep within me Thy divine image and to set me on fire with Thy Love, that I may be found worthy to come to the contemplation of Thy glorious Face in Heaven. Amen.