Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love

In this same time that I sawe this sight of the head bleeding, our good Lord shewed a ghostlie sight of his homelie loving: I saw that he is to us all thing that is good and comfortable to our help.

He is our clothing, that for love wrappeth us, and windeth us, halseth us, and all becloseth us, hangeth about us for tender love, that he maie never leave us. And so in this sight I saw that he is all thing that is good, as to my understanding.

And in this he shewed a litle thing, the quantitie of a hasel-nutt, lying in the palme of my hand, as me seemed; and it was as round as a ball. I looked theron with the eie of my understanding, and thought, 'What may this be?' and it was answered generallie thus: 'It is all that is made.'

I marvelled how it might last: for me thought it might sodenlie have fallen to naught for litlenes. And I was answered in my understanding, 'It lasteth, and ever shall: for God loveth it. And so hath all thing being by the love of God.'

In this litle thing I sawe three propeties. The first is, that God made it. The second is, that God loveth it. The third is, that God keepeth it.

Oftentimes our Lord Jesus said, 'I it am, I it am, I it am, That is highest, I it am, that thou lovest, I it am, that thou likest, I it am, that thou servest, I it am, that thou longest, I it am, that thou desirest, I it am, that thou meanest, I it am, that is all, I it am, that Holy Church preacheth thee and teacheth thee, I it am, that shewed me before to thee.'

And after this our Lord brought to my mind the longing that I had to him before; and I saw nothing letted me but sin.

But Jesus, that in this vision, informed me of all that me needed, answered by this word, and said, 'Sin is behovely, but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.'