Oh Church July 18. 2005

I was sent this by some friends already in ministry and in seminary. How true.
How baffling you are, oh Church,
and yet how I love you!
How you have made me suffer,
and yet how much I owe you!
I should like to see you destroyed,
and yet I need your presence.
You have given me so much scandal
and yet you have made me understand sanctity.
I have seen nothing in the world more
devoted to obscurity, more compromised,
more false, and I have touched nothing more pure,
more generous, more beautiful.
How often I have wanted to shut the doors
of my soul in your face, and how often
I have prayed to die in the safety of your arms.
No, I cannot free myself from you, because
I am you, although not completely.
And where should I go?
-Carlos Carretto


David  Monday, July 18. 2005 @ 10:11
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Thanks a lot for posting this. Been having lots of difficulty recently, and once again, Carlos "hit the spot".

God bless you in your service.

d.
#1 D. Klasieprof on 2005-10-26 23:26 (Reply)

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