As a drop of water seems to disappear completely in a big quantity of wine, even assuming the wine's taste and color; just as red, molten iron becomes so much like fire it seems to lose its primary state; just add air on a sunny day seems transformed into sunshine instead of being lit up; so it is necessary for the saints that all human feelings melt in a mysterious way and flow into the will of God. Otherwise, how will God be all in all?
On Loving God. X.28
I'm not sure what to think of this passage. It is significant, though it sounds monistic or pantheistic. I think I understand what Bernard intends, while I also see how this could be twisted to other ends.
On Loving God. X.28
I'm not sure what to think of this passage. It is significant, though it sounds monistic or pantheistic. I think I understand what Bernard intends, while I also see how this could be twisted to other ends.
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