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13th Century

About Jacopone da Todi (Jacopone Benedetti)

Timeline (1230 - 1306)

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English version by
Serge and Elizabeth Hughes

Original Language
Italian

Love, infusing with light all who share Your splendor, (from In Praise of Divine Love)

Themes

Heart

Light

Lover and Beloved

Night

Recommended Books

	All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time, by Robert Ellsberg
	Jacopone da Todi: Lauds (Classics of Western Spirituality), Translated by Serge and Elizabeth Hughes
	Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs

Love, infusing with light all who share Your splendor,
You teach us the true light
Is not to be found in the light of this world.

Light that enlightens, light that teaches,
He who is not illumined by You
Does not reach the fullness of love.

Love, You give light
To the intellect in darkness
And illumine the Object of love.

Love, Your ardor,
Which enflames the heart,
Unites it with the Incarnate One.

-- from Jacopone da Todi: Lauds (Classics of Western Spirituality), Translated by Serge and Elizabeth Hughes

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