O Trinity
beyond essence and
beyond divinity
beyond goodness
guide of Christians in divine wisdom
direct us towards mysticism’s heights
beyond unknowing
beyond light
beyond limit
there where the
unmixed and
unfettered and
unchangeable
mysteries of theology
in the dazzling dark of the welcoming silence
lie hidden, in the intensity of their darkness
all brilliance outshining
our intellects, blinded – over-whelming,
with the intangible and
with the invisible and
with the illimitable,
Such is my prayer.
. . .
beyond foul and fair,
. . .
– The Pseudo-Dionysius: ‘De Mystica Theologia’ (‘The Divine Dark’)