Only the beautiful light of faith can light my way to You, O God. The Psalmist sings, ‘You made darkness Your covert’ and then, in another place, he seems to contradict himself by saying, ‘You are clothed with light as in a garment.’ This apparent contradiction seems to me to mean that I must plunge myself into the sacred darkness, keeping all my powers in the night and emptiness; then I shall meet You, O my Master, and the light that clothes You as a garment will envelop me also; for You desire Your bride to be shining with Your light, and Yours alone.
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)