LEFT ONLY WITH HOPE

Gerald May, M.D. (1940-2005) psychiatrist and theologian wrote:

“So in the end I am left only with hope.
I hope the nights are transformative.
I hope every dawn brings deeper love,
for each of us individually and for
the world as a whole. I hope that
John of the Cross was right when
he said the intellect is transformed
into faith, and the will into love
and the memory into – hope.”

(From ‘The Dark Night of the Soul’)

I also hope John of the Cross was right.

“Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.” Jesus