The
act of adoration expresses the realization that God is greatness, pure and
simple, and that man is smallness, pure and simple; that God exists by reason
of Himself and in Himself, but man only through God and by God's grace.
Adoration
affirms: "Thou are God; I am man. Thou art the One that truly is,
self-created, substantial from all eternity. I am only through Thee and in Thy
sight. Thou has plentitude of being and all fullness of value, all sublimity of
meaning; Thou are Lord and unto Thyself. The meaning of my existence, however,
is derived from Thine. I live in Thy light and the measure of my existence is
in Thee."
(From the Art of Praying by Monsignor
Romano Guardini)
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