UNION
WITH CHRIST

The heart of Paul’s religion is union with Christ. This is the key which unlocks the secrets of his soul.

James Steward

The soul that would find me in the inner closet of a consecrated and self-detached life, and would partake of my sweetness, must first be purified from evil and adorned with virtues, be decked with the red roses of passionate love, with the beautiful violets of meek submission, and must be strewn with the white lilies of purity. It shall embrace me with its arms, excluding all other loves, for these I shun and flee as the bird does the cage. This soul shall sing to me the song of Zion, which means passionate love combined with boundless praise. Then I will embrace it and it shall lean upon my heart.

Henry Suso (God pictured speaking to a soul)