Гимн 52. Блестящее исследование о мысленном рае и о древе жизни в нем 354 .

Blessed are You, Lord, blessed are You alone, blessed are You, the most blessed, the most blessed, Who gave in my heart the light of Your commandments and planted in me the tree of Your life. You showed me another paradise in the visible: in the sensory - mental, mental with feeling 355, (and another spirit) 356, for You united with my soul (my) another Your Divine Spirit, Which you indwelled in my womb. This tree of life is truly one. On what land it will be planted, that is, in the soul of a person, and (if) it takes root in the heart, it will soon be shown as a paradise, most brilliantly decorated with all sorts of beautiful plants, trees and various fruits, dotted with flowers and fragrant lilies. This is humility, joy, peace, meekness, compassion, crying, rains of tears and extraordinary delight in them, the light of Your grace, shining to all who are in paradise. You are a cup that pours out the currents of Your life to me and abundantly supplies the words of Divine knowledge. If You do not delight, but (on the contrary) take it away, then I become insane and, like a stone, insensitive. (Just as) a trumpet will never give a sound without inhalation, so without You I am as soulless. A body without a soul cannot act at all; so the soul without Your Spirit can neither move, nor keep Your commandments, O Savior, nor see You, nor stand before You, nor rationally sing Your glory, O my God! Therefore I cry out, and therefore I appeal to You, Who are above with the Father and (below) with us, not by action alone, as some argue, and not by Your will or power alone, as many think, but (even) by essence, if it is only permissible to speak or think about the essence in You, the only immortal and all-essential. For if You are truly completely inexplicable 357, invisible, inaccessible, inconceivable, inviolable, intangible and completely incomprehensible, Savior, then what do we call You? How dare we call You an entity and what kind and what kind? For truly You, O my God, are nothing of everything (existing in nature), but all Your works are produced from nothing, You alone are uncreated, you alone are without beginning, to the Savior, the Holy and Honest Trinity, God of all. And You showed us the light of Your immaculate glory, which even now you continually give to me, the Savior. Let me always through it, as if in a mirror, see (and contemplate) You, the Word, and well (see and) understand Your inexplicable beauty, which, being completely unimaginable, more than amazes my mind, leads my thoughts into a frenzy and kindles in my heart the fire of love for You; he, becoming the flame of Divine desire, shows me more clearly Your glory, my God. Worshiping her, I pray to You, Son of God, grant me both now and in the future (age) to constantly have her and through her to eternally contemplate You - God. Do not give me, O Lord, the vain glory of this world, nor perishing wealth, nor talents of gold, nor a high throne, nor authority over these perishable (things); unite me with the humble, the poor and the meek, (so that I too may become humble and meek) 358. And if I do this service of mine not for (my own) benefit, not for Your pleasure and veneration, then deign (me) to be honored with it 359, and to mourn only my sins, and to have concern only for Your righteous judgment and how I will respond (to You), having angered You many times. Hey, compassionate, kind and meek Shepherd, who wants all who believe in You to be saved, have mercy and hear my prayer: do not become angry and do not turn (Your) face away from me, but teach me to do Your will. For I do not seek my will, but Yours, so that I too may serve You, O Most Merciful One. I implore You, have mercy (on me), merciful by nature (Psalm 85:15), and do what is useful to my pitiful soul, for You are a God who loves mankind, one uncreated, infinite, truly omnipotent, You are the life of all and the light of all who love You and are greatly beloved by You, Lover of mankind. Oh, if only You would add me to them, O Master, and make me a fellow member and joint heir of Your Divine glory! For glory is due to You, the Father with the co-original Son and the Divine Spirit forever and ever. In l. paragraph 34 chapter; in P. r. This hymn has not been preserved, since it is listed as 47 words in the table of contents. νοητὸν δ’ ἐν αἰσθήσει: in l. n. in intellectualibus autem sensibilem - in the mental but sensual. In l. n. there are no following words before: how... In l. etc. here is somewhat different: ut eo abdicatus, tantummodo etc. - so that, having abandoned him, I would only mourn, etc. You might be interested in: