That prayer has great power which a person makes with all his might. It makes a sour heart sweet, a sad heart merry, a poor heart rich, a foolish heart wise, a timid heart brave, a sick heart well, a blind heart full of sight, a cold heart ardent. It draws down the great God into the little heart; it drives the hungry soul up into the fullness of God; it brings together two lovers, God and the soul, in a wondrous place where they speak much of love.
Mechthild of MagdeburgI was created in love. For that reason nothing can express my beauty nor liberate me except love alone.
Mechthild of MagdeburgLord, you are my lover, my longing, my flowing stream, my sun, and I am your reflection.
Mechthild of Magdeburg