When man’s Heart is Filled with God.

Paradise is in the heart; hell is in the heart as well. When God is absent from the heart, man experiences creation as a mute, deaf, blind, dead individual; even the Word of God lacks God.

“When man’s heart is filled with God, he sees God all around him. He lifts a rock and God appears. He looks up at the stars, and he sees God’s shining light. The Lord is smiling in the flowers, murmuring in the breeze, asking with the wind, and responding with a storm. He sings in the rivers... All creatures speak of God when one’s heart is filled with God.”

Extracted from the book “Brother Francis of Assisi” by Father Ignacio Larrañaga