Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Speculum caritatis: Aelred of Rievaulx

And because there is no division in unity,
let there be no outpouring of the mind in various directions,
but let it be one in the One,
with the One,
through the One,
around the One,
sensing the One,
savoring the One --
and because always one,
always resting,
and therefore observing a perpetual sabbath.

from The Mirror of Charity, translated by Elizabeth Connor

Et quia in unitate nulla divisio,
nulla sit ibi per diversa mentis effusio,
sed sit unum in uno,
cum uno,
per unum,
circa unum,
unum sentiens,
unum sapiens;
et quia semper unum,
semper requiescens,
et sic perenne sabbatum sabbatizans.

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