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13th Century

About Jacopone da Todi (Jacopone Benedetti)

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English version by
Serge and Elizabeth Hughes

Original Language
Italian

When you no longer love yourself (from Self-Annihilation and Charity Lead the Soul...)

Themes

Lover and Beloved

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

When you no longer love yourself
But love Goodness,
You and your Beloved will become one.
When you love Him, He must love you in return;
In His charity you are drawn to Him
And the two are made one.
This is true union
That admits of no divisions.

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

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