Canticle Quotes

“He looks at her then, her Christ, with his wounded eyes, and she sees what she had not seen before. He is in love. He is in love with her, he is in love with the sparrow and the river, he is in love with the root and trunk and flower of it all, the entire creation, and his fear and his love are inseparable. He has love even for the fear, and it is through the vulnerable door, the portal of fear, the spear in his side that will come tomorrow, that Aleys glimpses, for a fleeting moment, the unutterable vastness of her beloved.”
― Janet Rich Edwards, Canticle: A Novel

“It's not enough to be in love with love. You must be willing to suffer with Him (Jesus), too.”
― Janet Rich Edwards, Canticle

“They showed me." She speaks in awe. "All is God. All. The good, the bad, we have misunderstood. There is nothing else. Nothing exists but is God." She pauses. "Father," she whispers, "my me is God.”
― Janet Rich Edwards, Canticle

“I can read. I can write. I can begin a new tale.”
― Janet Rich Edwards, Canticle: A Novel