Poem: O God, the deepest love is yours

His Holiness Pope Shenouda III expresses a sincere divine love and a deep longing to behold God in His glory and beauty. The text carries a powerful spiritual yearning for union with God and contemplation of His indescribable majesty.

🔹 Main Idea:
The love of God is the deepest love a person can ever know—it fills the heart and mind and satisfies the soul during its earthly exile.

🔹 The Soul’s Desire for God:
His Holiness says, “I long to see You in dazzling beauty and splendor,” expressing the soul’s desire to behold God, whether in His heavenly glory or in the Son incarnate, for whoever has seen the Son has seen the Father.

🔹 Fulfillment in God Alone:
Pope Shenouda declares that nothing on earth can truly satisfy the believer except God Himself, who is the refuge, strength, and true peace of the soul. The heart finds its delight only in God’s pleasure, for His presence is the source of everlasting joy and serenity.

🔹 Contemplation of Creation:
The text shows a deep theological reflection: God is the origin of the universe, and all the glory of creation is the work of His hands. This leads the soul to worship and thanksgiving for the beauty of God revealed in His creation.

🔹 Faith Message:
God alone is perfect love and the source of all glory. Whoever contemplates Him and abides in His love finds no greater joy than in His presence and His will.

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