Saturday, May 2, 2015

You have blossomed forth from me (Hans Urs von Balthasar)


I am the vine, you are the branches.  You have blossomed forth from me.  Are you then surprised if a drop of my Heart’s blood trickles into your every thought and deed?  Are you surprised if the thoughts of my Heart quickly infiltrate your worldly heart?  If a whispering takes wing in you and day and night you perceive a low, beckoning call?  To a love that wants to suffer, to a love that, together with mine, redeems? 
--Hans Urs von Balthasar, Heart of the World

Quote source:  Hans Urs van Balthasar, Heart of the World (p.80)

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