I must realize that God is beyond any human notion of perfection. As he emptied himself on the cross with infinite love for us, we must empty ourselves. We must live by his power and light that seems not to be there. We must be transformed, so that in losing ourselves in him, we possess our identity in him. Only love and faith can accomplish this growth in our soul.
Contemplative prayer is a gift that can only be received in humility and poverty.
The love of God can then conform each soul to his likeness as an image of God. Contemplation teaches us to see everything in the light of his truth. Our love becomes a reflection or mirror of God s. Contemplation brings prayer to those to whom God grants the kind of spiritual vision to which both reason and faith aspire. Contemplation is always beyond our knowledge and beyond our very selves.