I cannot dance, O God,
unless you lead me.
If you will that I leap joyfully
then you must be the first to dance
and to sing!
Then, and only then,
will I leap for love.
Then will I soar
from love to knowledge,
from knowledge to fruition
from fruition to beyond
all human sense.
And there I will remain
and circle for evermore.
Mechthild of Madgeburg
Let us walk in the holy presence.
