Teilhard de Chardin — A Universal Transparency

“Because, Lord, by every innate impulse

and through all the hazards of my life,

I have been driven ceaselessly

to search for you

and to set you in the heart of the universe of matter,

I shall have the joy, when death comes,

of closing my eyes

amidst the splendor of a universal transparency

aglow with fire…”

Teilhard de Chardin quoted in:

Cynthia Bourgeault

The Mystery of Death: Awakening to Eternal Life