In that Inmense Love

[Laurentius]

In that inmense love
proceeding from the two
the Father spoke words
of great affection to the Son,
words of such profound delight
that no one understood them;
they were meant for the Son,
and he alone rejoiced in them.
What he heard
was this:
"My Son, only your
company contents me,
and when something pleases me
I love that thing in you;
whoever resembles you most
satisfies me most,
and whoever is like you in nothing
will find nothing in me.
I am pleased with you alone,
O life of my life!
You are the light of my light,
you are my wisdom,
the image of my substance
in whom I am well pleased.
My Son, I will give myself
to him who loves you
and I will love him
with the same love I have for you,
because he has loved
you whom I love so.

--John of the Cross, 16th century

[Laurentius]

doing a double check I realize that the poem's name is "Within the Trinity".

[Laurentius]

I delete the former version for lack of accuracy. This seems to be the original as John of the Cross wrote it.

"Because we said that God makes use of nothing other than love, it may prove beneficial to explain the reason for this before commenting on the stanza. The reason is that all our works and all our trials, even though they be the greatest possible, are nothing in the sight of God. For through them we cannot give him anything or fulfill his only desire which is the exaltation of the soul. Of these other things he desires nothing for himself, since he has no need of them . If anything pleases him, it is the exaltation of the soul. Since there is no way by which he can exalt her more than by making her equal to himself, he is pleased only with her love. For the property of love is to make the lover equal to the object loved. Since the soul in this state possesses perfect love, she is called the bride of the Son of God, which signifies equality with him. In this equality of friendship the possessions of both are held in common, as the Bridegroom himself said to his disciples: I have now called you my friends, because all that I have heard from my Father I have manifested to you [Jn. 15:15]..."

--John of the Cross.
Spiritual Canticle, Note to Stanza 28.

p.s The poem originally posted here is not from the Spiritual Canticle but it belongs to the same author. Wanna get the link let me know...