Thomas Traherne: Priest and Poet, 1674

Thomas Traherne window
one of four at Hereford Cathedral
via http://sergeandtweed.blogspot.com/2009/12/thomas-traherne-windows-at-hereford.html

O let me so long eye Thee, till I be turned into Thee, and look upon me till Thou art formed in me, that I may be a mirror of Thy brightness, an habitation of thy Love, and a temple of Thy glory. That all Thy Saints might live in me, and I in them: enjoying all their felicities, joys and treasures.”
Centuries of Meditation, 63
via  http://gracerector.wordpress.com/tag/thomas-traherne/


Creator of wonder and majesty, you inspired your poet Thomas Traherne with mystical insight to see your glory in the natural world and in the faces of men and women around us: Help us to know you in your creation and in our neighbors, and to understand our obligations to both, that we may ever grow into the people you have created us to be; through our Savior Jesus Christ, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in everlasting light. Amen.
via http://www.episcopalchurch.org/lectionary/thomas-traherne-priest-and-poet-1674

Read more:
http://liturgyandmusic.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/september-27thomas-traherne-priest-1674/
http://www.spiritofprayer.com/traherne.php
http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/thomas_traherne.htm