We sing of the darkness embraced by John,
The mystic called John of the Cross,
A darkness he entered with joyful hope
Despite all his pain and his loss.
This darkness which John described in his verse
Was space where God’s love reigns supreme.
There John felt a God-like tender embrace
Within his transforming dream.
We puzzle how darkness could be divine
For God is the One who is light;
Yet brightness emerged from the primal womb
Which birthed both the day and the night.
Like John’s inner path our journey can move
From light to unknowing’s fresh air
To draw each of us to mystery’s dark core
Where love conquers haunting fear.
In darkness we feel we are loved by God,
A presence beyond any face,
A realm which the pictures and words vacate
And stillness bestows its rich grace.
Sing praise for the dark whose pathway we walk
By light from our spirit’s bright fire.
O God of the dark in you we shall find
That love which our hearts desire.
Note: This hymn is based on the poem “On a dark night” by the famous 16th century Spanish mystic St John of the Cross.
Text and Music © William Livingstone Wallace.
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