“He is clothed in the robes of His mercy, voluminous garments --
not velvet or silk and affable to the touch,
not velvet or silk and affable to the touch,
but fabric strong for a frantic hand to clutch,
and I hold to it fast with the fingers of my will.”—Jessica Powers, later known as the Carmelite nun Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit (1905-88), from “Garments of God,” in Invisible Light: Poems About God, edited by Diane Culbertson (2000)
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