Mechthilda z Magdeburku \u017eila sama jako \u017eebra\u010dka, dokud se o sebe nedok\u00e1zala postarat. James Finley upozor\u0148uje na to, co se m\u016f\u017eeme od Mechthildy nau\u010dit, kdy\u017e se bl\u00ed\u017eila ke sv\u00e9 smrti:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n V tomto zp\u016fsobu \u017eivota pokra\u010dovala a\u017e do vysok\u00e9ho v\u011bku, kdy psala a \u017eila s \u017eebra\u010dkami. Dos\u00e1hla bodu k\u0159ehkosti, kdy\u017e oslepla a nebyla schopna se sama obl\u00e9knout ani nakrmit. P\u0159est\u011bhovala se do kl\u00e1\u0161tera cisterci\u00e1ck\u00fdch mni\u0161ek, kter\u00e9 se o ni staraly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nejen\u017ee oslepla a nejen\u017ee pro sebe nemohla nic ud\u011blat, ale B\u016fh j\u00ed vzal v\u0161echny stopy po poci\u0165ovan\u00e9 Bo\u017e\u00ed l\u00e1sce. Na konci sv\u00e9ho \u017eivota se ocitla ve stavu bezmoci. \u0158\u00edk\u00e1, \u017ee pokud si B\u016fh p\u0159eje, aby \u017eila t\u00edmto zp\u016fsobem, pak si to p\u0159eje i ona. Za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 vyjad\u0159ovat hlubokou vd\u011b\u010dnost jepti\u0161k\u00e1m a zp\u016fsobu, jak\u00fdm o ni pe\u010duj\u00ed, jako zp\u016fsobu, jak\u00fdm zakou\u0161\u00ed Bo\u017e\u00ed l\u00e1sku k n\u00ed v jej\u00ed bezmoci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zde je Mechthildina modlitba vyjad\u0159uj\u00edc\u00ed vd\u011b\u010dnost Bohu za jej\u00ed bezmocnost:<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u011bkuji ti, Pane, \u017ee kdy\u017e jsi mi ve sv\u00e9 l\u00e1sce od\u0148al v\u0161echno pozemsk\u00e9 bohatstv\u00ed, nyn\u00ed m\u011b obl\u00e9k\u00e1\u0161 a \u017eiv\u00ed\u0161 dobrotou druh\u00fdch, tak\u017ee u\u017e nezn\u00e1m v\u011bci, kter\u00e9 by mohly m\u00e9 srdce obl\u00e9ci do p\u00fdchy vlastnictv\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pane, d\u011bkuji Ti, \u017ee od t\u00e9 doby, co jsi mi vzal zrak, mi slou\u017e\u00ed\u0161 o\u010dima druh\u00fdch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pane, d\u011bkuji Ti, \u017ee od t\u00e9 doby, co jsi mi vzal s\u00edlu m\u00fdch rukou a s\u00edlu m\u00e9ho srdce, slou\u017e\u00ed\u0161 mi nyn\u00ed rukama a srdcem druh\u00fdch. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finley pokra\u010duje: „V\u0161ichni se sna\u017e\u00edme, abychom byli v\u011brn\u00ed sv\u00fdm srdc\u00edm: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jej\u00ed \u017eivot se uzav\u00edr\u00e1 do kruhu, kde m\u00edsta ext\u00e1ze v jej\u00edm srdci a m\u00edsta naprost\u00e9 chudoby a zlomenosti tvo\u0159\u00ed kruh, a zlomenost a ext\u00e1ze se vz\u00e1jemn\u011b dot\u00fdkaj\u00ed a ona se st\u00e1v\u00e1 naprosto oby\u010dejnou. St\u00e1v\u00e1 se naprosto oby\u010dejnou, odpad\u00e1 j\u00ed schopnost z\u00edskat oporu vlastn\u00ed silou, aby v\u016fbec n\u011bco dok\u00e1zala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Posledn\u00ed dv\u011b knihy Tekouc\u00edho sv\u011btla bo\u017estv\u00ed jsou nadiktovan\u00e9, proto\u017ee u\u017e nemohla ps\u00e1t; nadiktovala je a zem\u0159ela p\u0159i jejich psan\u00ed. Svou knihu kon\u010d\u00ed dialogem mezi jej\u00ed du\u0161\u00ed a t\u011blem ve smrti:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pak u\u017e si nebudeme st\u011b\u017eovat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pak v\u0161echno, co s n\u00e1mi B\u016fh ud\u011blal<\/p>\n\n\n\n n\u00e1m bude vyhovovat,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kdy\u017e te\u010f jen pevn\u011b stoj\u00edte<\/p>\n\n\n\n A dr\u017eet se sladk\u00e9 nad\u011bje. [2]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jak se tedy m\u016f\u017eeme nau\u010dit nechat se rozpl\u00e9st l\u00e1skou, jako tomu bylo u Mechtildy? \u0158eknu to jinak: u\u017e to, \u017ee se n\u00e1s dot\u00fdk\u00e1 kr\u00e1sa t\u011bchto mystik\u016f, znamen\u00e1, \u017ee jsme touto l\u00e1skou rozpleteni. Ji\u017e se rozv\u00edj\u00ed. U\u017e se obna\u017euje v nevy\u0159e\u0161en\u00fdch z\u00e1le\u017eitostech na\u0161eho srdce. Mechthild n\u00e1s pak v t\u00e9to l\u00e1sce u\u010d\u00ed a je nevysv\u011btliteln\u011b d\u016fv\u011bryhodn\u00e1 pro na\u0161e dny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [1] Mechthild, The Flowing Light of the Godhead <\/em>7.64, in Meditations from Mechthild of Magdeburg, <\/em>ed. Henry L. Carrigan Jr. (Brewster MA: Paraclete Press, 1999), 126.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [2] Mechthild, The Flowing Light of the Godhead <\/em>7.65, trans. Frank Tobin (New York: Paulist Press, 1998), 336.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adapted from James Finley, \u201cMechtild of Magdeburg: Session 3<\/u><\/a>,\u201d in Turning to the Mystics, <\/em>season 8 (Albuquerque, NM: Center for Action and Contemplation, 2023), podcast, MP3 audio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Image credit: <\/strong>A path from one week to the next\u2014Alma Thomas, Snow Reflection on Pond<\/em> (detail), 1973, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian<\/a>. Lo\u00efs Mailou Jones, Jeune Fille Fran\u00e7ais <\/em>(detail), 1951, oil on canvas, Smithsonian<\/a>. <\/em>Lo\u00efs Mailou Jones, Textile Design for Cretonne <\/em>(detail), 1928, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian<\/a>. Click here to enlarge image<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mechtild looks into our eyes with peace and knowing of the Beloved – we look back into her eyes having beheld the same Beloved. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mechtilda z Magdeburku na knci \u017eivota – stejn\u011b jako Franti\u0161ek z Assisi: Pane, d\u011bkuji Ti, \u017ee od t\u00e9 doby, co jsi mi vzal zrak, mi slou\u017e\u00ed\u0161 o\u010dima druh\u00fdch.<\/p>\n Pane, d\u011bkuji Ti, \u017ee od t\u00e9 doby, co jsi mi vzal s\u00edlu m\u00fdch rukou a s\u00edlu m\u00e9ho srdce, slou\u017e\u00ed\u0161 mi nyn\u00ed rukama a srdcem druh\u00fdch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[1362,1361,1276,435,528],"class_list":["post-7703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-richard-rohr-ofm-centrum-pro-zivot-a-rozjimani","tag-duse-a-telo","tag-konec-zivota","tag-smireni","tag-smrt","tag-vdecnost","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7704,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7703\/revisions\/7704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frantiskani.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u017debra\u010dka na pokraji smrti<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Byla bezmocn\u00e1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Takto mluv\u00ed \u017eebra\u010dka ve sv\u00e9 modlitb\u011b k Bohu:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Naprost\u00e1 oby\u010dejnost<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Dialog mezi du\u0161\u00ed a t\u011blem<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Na\u0161e srdce se od mystik\u016f u\u010d\u00ed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Prameny:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
\nD\u011bkuji ti, Pane, \u017ee kdy\u017e jsi mi ve sv\u00e9 l\u00e1sce od\u0148al v\u0161echno pozemsk\u00e9 bohatstv\u00ed, nyn\u00ed m\u011b obl\u00e9k\u00e1\u0161 a \u017eiv\u00ed\u0161 dobrotou druh\u00fdch, tak\u017ee u\u017e nezn\u00e1m v\u011bci, kter\u00e9 by mohly m\u00e9 srdce obl\u00e9ci do p\u00fdchy vlastnictv\u00ed.<\/p>\n