“Over the infinity of space and time, the infinitely more infinite love of God comes to possess us. He comes at his own time. We have the power to consent to receive him or to refuse. If we remain deaf, he comes back again and again like a beggar, but also, like a beggar, one day he stops coming. If we consent, God puts a little seed in us and he goes away again. From that moment God has no more to do; neither have we, except to wait. … On the whole, however, the seed grows itself. A day comes when the soul belongs to God. When it not only consents to love but when truly and effectively it loves. Then in turn it must cross the universe to go to God.”
Simone Weil (1909 – 1943), French philosopher, mystic and political activist, quoted in Fragments of Holiness for Daily Reflection
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