On Glory
XXVII. On Glory
1. O glory, who art greatness and power!
Your power enables You to glorify as greatly
as Your will does to love greatly.
2. God is glory in <His> glorifying
<of> the glorifiable, and in <His> love
<of> the glorifying present in the Holy Spirit.
3. If, within glory, there did not exist glorifying
between the one and the other on account of love,
glory <itself> could not be complete.
4. Were God unable to bestow His whole self,
He would not enjoy glory in generously giving,
<nor> in equalling, lending concordance or in originating.[1]
5. Goodness enjoys glory in bonifying,
greatness in magnifying
and eternity in eternifying.
6. Glory enjoys goodness in magnifying
and glory enjoys greatness in bonifying,
which is why glory resides in its <own> operation.
7. In order that <the act of> sensing might be awarded
to man with respect to God glorified,
<He> chose to become incarnate as man.
8. Whoever consists in glory, pertains to the glorious
and is glorifying, lacks not
glory, towards which glory God brings us.
9. Long have I felt sadness,
for so many men proceed towards torment (i.e. hell)
who were afforded their origin for the sake of attaining glory.[2]
10. Faithfulness befits glory better
than do a sinful conscience
and sensory pleasures.
[1] For the verb començar, here translated as “originating”, cf. n. 1, Ch. V, § 6.
[2] For començament, here translated as “origin”, cf. n. 1, Ch. V, § 6.