This life of man appears for a short space, but of what went before, or what is to follow, we are utterly ignorant.
Venerable BedeNo man taketh away sins (which the law, though holy, just and good, could not take away), but He in whom there is no sin.
Venerable BedeThe inspiration came suddenly again to surrender to the Mother. It was quite unexpected: And so somehow I made a surrender to the Mother. Then I had an experience of overwhelming love. Waves of love sort of flowed into me.
Venerable Bede