Our Yes to the Divine Beloved

Our Yes to the Divine Beloved

There is a call,

 an invitation in the deepest part of our being,

in silence and whisperings,

in attractions and luring,

an invitation to surrender ourselves to the Divine Beloved.

To say AYes@ with our whole being

to his fore-offered unconditional and mysterious love,

to give ourselves without reserve or reservations

to His all embracing compassion and love.

To let go of ourselves,

of the holding on to our fragile self-securities,

our distorted understanding of what=s good and evil,

our feeble powers of self-will,

to make room for Him in the deepest part of our soul,

to open up an empty space

where He can act according to His Will,

so that He can be God in our lives.

To let go of all our resistances,

our desires and attachments, to empty ourselves

in that Aspiritual vacuum@ that allows God to be and to act in us.

Our AYes,@ flowing from the fiat of Mary,

makes us docile, responsive, and malleable in the hands of God.

It is the renunciation of all self-will

and the surrender of the liberty,

totally and unconditionally, to the Divine Beloved

that allows Him to take possession of us

and to manifest His WillB His loving dynamic energy B

in the instrumentality of our created being.

Francis Elmo