Your Presence

Oh my God, You definitely flow over me, and overpower me, and transcend me! How right the person was who said that the essential is always invisible to the eyes! Truly, You are marvelous, above all consideration. O my God, who is like You? Oh, Presence always dark and always clear! You are that fascinating mystery that, like the deep, draws my aspirations in a sacred dizziness. You calm my illusions and quiet the storms of my spirit. There is none like You!

Where can I hide from Your Presence? Where can I flee from your spirit? How can I avoid your gaze? If I was an invincible eagle, scaling the highest peaks crowned with snow, to flee from Your Presence; if, on the wings of a magical dream, I were able to reach the most distant star of the galaxy, the furthest one to escape Your gaze; it would be utterly useless! Wherever I am, You are there. Once again, I am the son of immensity.

There is not a pebble in the river’s depths, nor fish in the ocean that is surrounded by water as You surround me. There is not a bird in the heavens, surrounded by air as You surround me.

Extracted from the book “Psalms for life” by Father Ignacio Larrañaga