Paradise

Yesterday we heard this dialog from Calvary:

"Jesus, remember me

when you come into your kingdom."
He replied to him,
"Amen, I say to you,
today you will be with me in Paradise.”

The monk's reply:

What is this Paradise, O Lord,

if not your own sacred, wounded side, your open heart?

Hide me there in the shadow of your wings,

hold me together with you in this Paradise

of your love, O Lord Jesus!