The new year has begun for us. / Now must God grant us with love / That we may be able so to begin it / That it may be of value for Love.
HadewijchDo good under all circumstances, but with no care for any profit, or any blessedness, or any damnation, or any salvation, or any martyrdom; but all you do or omit should be for the honor of Love.
HadewijchWhat use is it for me to force my nature? / For my nature shall always remain / What it is and conquer what belongs to it, / However men may narrow its path.
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