BURNING BALL OF FIRE
Burning ball of fire
You sink slowly in the western sky
Image of the burning fire of divine Love
That created everything
Image of the passionate fiery love-embrace
That is the origin of all that is.
Burning ball of fire
You depart slowly from our view
But the passionate heat of divine Love
Never departs
It is the life-force Energy Itself
That permeates all being.
It is the passionate fiery love-embrace
That humans are gifted to share in
The divine activity
It is in the passionate fiery love-embrace
That the divine draws all creation to Itself
And reveals Itself -- silently.
What ecstasy to be engulffed
By the burning heat of
The divine love-passion
That blends indistinguishably with its
Perfect permutation in human love
What ecstasy to be wrapped
In the silent still voice of Love.
By Sister Ioanna
St. Innocent Monastic Community,
Redford, MI
From: VISIONS of Love & Life & Beauty, published by Firebird Videos, Audios & Books