The Dazzling Darkness

Photo by Fran McColman

“There is in God (some say)

A deep, but dazzling darkness”

— Henry Vaughan

“Truly, you are a God who hides himself,

O God of Israel, the Savior.”

— Isaiah 45:15

“Your brightness is my darkness.I know nothing of You and, by myself,I cannot even imagine how to go about knowing You.If I imagine You, I am mistaken.If I understand You, I am deluded.If I am conscious and certain I know You, I am crazy.The darkness is enough.”

— Thomas Merton,

Prayer Before Midnight Mass,

Christmas 1941...