Mechtild of Magdeburg

Teach me the power and strength of silence

Mechtild of Magdeburg | November 2014 (Vol. XXVII, No. 10)

Teach me the power and strength of silence
that I may go into the world
as still as a mouse
in the depths of my heart.

~ Mechtild of Magdeburg

All strings which are touched by Love must sound

Mechtild of Magdeburg | February 2013 (Vol. XXVI, No. 2)

The Holy Spirit is our harpist, and all strings which are touched by Love must sound. 

~ Mechtild of Magdeburg

Do good by doing compassion

Mechtild of Magdeburg | February 2011 (Vol. XXIV, No. 2)

What should you do?
Do good by doing compassion
to everyone
you know needs it.
Expect adversity.
Bear adversity with love.

~ by Mechtild of Magdeburg

Do not fear your death

Mechtild of Magdeburg | October 2008 (Vol. XXI, No. 9)

Do not fear your death. For when that moment arrives, I will draw my breath and your soul will come to Me like a needle to a magnet.

~ Mechtild of Magdeburg

Each creature that Love made

Mechtild of Magdeburg | April 2008 (Vol. XXI, No. 4)

Each creature that Love made must live its own true nature.

~ Mechtild of Magdeburg

Each craature God made

Mechtild of Magdeburg | April 2003 (Vol. XVI, No. 4)

Each creature God made
Must live in its own true nature;
How could I resist my nature,
That lives for oneness with God?

~ by Mechtild of Magdeburg

What is the greatest kind of Love?

Mechtild of Magdeburg | February 1999 (Vol. XII, No. 2)

What is the greatest kind of love?
Great Love
does not flow with just tears.
Rather, it burns in the great Fire of Heaven.
In this Fire
it flows and flows swiftly
yet all the while
it remains in itself
in a very great stillness.

~ Mechtild of Magdeburg

Love transforms

Mechtild of Magdeburg | February 1994 (Vol. VII, No. 2)

Love transforms.
Love makes empty hearts overflow.
This happens even more
when we have to struggle through
without assistance,
all unready
for the play
of Love.

~ Mechtild of Magdeburg

Make your heart crystal clear within

Mechtild of Magdeburg | February 1993 (Vol. VI, No. 2)

Sisters and brothers, listen. Make your heart crystal clear within. Your senses will be opened and your soul so transparent that you will see into the Love and Wisdom of God ... Spiritual persons who dwell on earth are offered two kinds of spirit: In this way two pure natures come together. The first is the flowing Fire of the Godhead; and the second is gradual growth and expansion of the loving soul.

~ Mechtild of Magdeburg

What is the greatest kind of love?

Mechtild of Magdeburg | February 1993 (Vol. VI, No. 2)

What is the greatest kind of love?
Great love does not flow with tears.
Rather,
it burns in the great Fire of Heaven.
In this Fire
it flows and flows swiftly
yet all the while
it remains in itself
in a very great stillness.

~ Mechtild of Magdeburg
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