tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476608869545069574.post8539003582487610059..comments2024-03-26T17:42:15.553-07:00Comments on Poetry of Gonzalinho da Costa: The Song of CreationGonzalinho da Costahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12300912197641837181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476608869545069574.post-35153632011407683162017-06-08T17:33:25.078-07:002017-06-08T17:33:25.078-07:00St. John of the Cross tells us in the Ascent of Mo...St. John of the Cross tells us in the Ascent of Mount Carmel, a lofty treatise of the spiritual life, of how he was granted a mystical vision of creation in praise to God, in which all creatures give honor, glory, and praise to the Creator, each according to its nature. It is a vision of the praise of creation akin to musical harmony:<br /><br />“In that nocturnal tranquility and silence and in knowledge of the divine light the soul becomes aware of Wisdom’s wonderful harmony and sequence in the variety of her creatures and works. Each of them is endowed with a certain likeness of God and in its own way gives voice to what God is in it. So creatures will be for the soul a harmonious symphony of sublime music surpassing all concerts and melodies of the world. She calls this music ‘silent’ because it is tranquil and quiet knowledge, without the sound of voices. And thus there is in it the sweetness of music and the quietude of silence. Accordingly, she says that her Beloved is silent music because in him she knows and enjoys this symphony of spiritual music.”<br /><br />Source: St. John of the Cross, “The Spiritual Canticle” in The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D. (Washington, D.C.: ICS Publications, 1991), pp. 535-36.<br /><br />GonzalinhoGonzalinho da Costahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300912197641837181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476608869545069574.post-70865154843462479672017-06-08T17:33:09.125-07:002017-06-08T17:33:09.125-07:00June 8, 2015 is the death anniversary of Gerard Ma...June 8, 2015 is the death anniversary of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889).<br /><br />GonzalinhoGonzalinho da Costahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300912197641837181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476608869545069574.post-12202167124996071122016-04-27T18:22:37.309-07:002016-04-27T18:22:37.309-07:00Photo credit: Tom Sulcer, Scene at Briant Park in ...Photo credit: Tom Sulcer, Scene at Briant Park in Summit, New Jersey, Sunlight Through the Trees (June 16, 2012)<br /><br />Photo link: <br /><br />http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Briant_Park_Summit_NJ_June_2012_sun_through_trees_8.jpg<br /><br />GonzalinhoGonzalinho da Costahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300912197641837181noreply@blogger.com