St. John of the Cross,
And many other saints,
Knew the dark night,
The dark night of the soul,
The spiritual dryness
And desolation,
Not feeling God’s presence,
For long periods of time,
And yet they were patient,
They were persistent,
In reading The Word,
In receiving The Word,
In living The Word.
Most of us
Never experience this
Kind of dark night,
But at times we eat of
The dry crust of the cross,
And live days, or hours,
Or even passing moments,
In the dark night of the cross,
But then, very silently,
Very unexpectedly,
In the twinkling of an eye,
The Son rises in our hearts,
And we can experience the Light:
Divine Mercy in the dark night.