(112-113) Works of Love
Love is the fulfilling of the law
God is the Middle Term in Love
Here's a moment I found revelatory
“God is the middle term”
Is a phrase that can bring glory
Of a sudden I could learn
I have sought the existential
At work in Kierkegaard
And find now what is elemental
In the beating of my heart
Love is part theophany
Where the divine is thus announced
It is part of a spiritual journey
Where the sacred is pronounced
Love is thereby clarified
We see with perfect vision
Love thy neighbor is not denied
Without love we stay imprisoned
Our aesthetic love is limited
To the superficial of the physical
Such love cannot be committed
To the love that is the mystical
The mystery of love is such
That it must be direct experience
It's God that makes the sacred touch
All else is our indifference
God makes not any separation
Acts within us as the middle term
From this comes our revelation
Of life and love affirmed