Symeon the New Theologian: O totally strange and inexpressible marvel!

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O totally strange and inexpressible marvel!

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by Symeon the New Theologian
(949 - 1032) Timeline

English version by
George A. Maloney, S.J.

Original Language
Greek

O totally strange and inexpressible marvel!
Because of my infinite richness I am a needy person
and imagine to have nothing, when I possess so much,
and I say: "I am thirsty," through superabundance of the waters
and "who will give me," that which I possess in abundance,
and "where will I find," the One whom I see each day.
"How will I lay hold of," the One who is within me,
and beyond the world, since he is completely invisible?

-- from Hymns of Divine Love: Songs of praise by one of the great mystics of all church history, by Symeon the New Theologian / Channeled by Gearoge A. Maloney, S.J.

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Water

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	The Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul's Ascent from the Desert Fathers and Other Early Christian Contemplatives, Translated by John Anthony McGuckin
	Christian Mystics: Their Lives and Legacies throughout the Ages, by Ursula King
	The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
	Hymns of Divine Love: Songs of praise by one of the great mystics of all church history, by Symeon the New Theologian / Channeled by Gearoge A. Maloney, S.J.
	In the Light of Christ: St. Symeon the New Theologian -- Life, Spirituality, Doctrine, by Basil Krivocheine

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