Dialogue

HOW THE SOUL SPEAKS TO THE GOD:

Lord, you are my lover, my longing,

My flowing stream, my sun,

And I am your reflection.

HOW GOD ANSWERS THE SOUL:

It is my nature that makes me love you often,

For I am love itself.

It is my longing that makes me love you intensely,

For I yearn to be loved from the heart.

It is my eternity that makes me love you long,

For I have no end.

Mechthild of Magdeburg - 13th century