Prayer: do not cry

If you love me don't cry!

If you knew the immense mystery of the sky where I now live,
if you could see and hear what I see and hear
in these endless horizons,
and in this light that invests and penetrates everything,
you wouldn't cry if you love me.

Qui si è ormai assorbiti dall’incanto di God,
by its expressions of infinite goodness and by the reflections of its boundless beauty.
The things of the past are so small and fleeting
by comparison. I still have affection for you:
a tenderness I've never known.

I'm glad I met you over time,
even though everything was then so fleeting and limited.
Ora l’love che mi stringe profondamente a te,
it is pure joy and without sunset.

While I live in the serene and exhilarating expectation of your arrival among us,
think of me like this!
In your battles,
in your moments of despair and loneliness,
think of this wonderful house,
where there is no death, where we will quench our thirst together,
nel trasporto più intenso alla fonte inesauribile dell’love e della felicità.

Don't cry anymore, if you really love me!

Giacomo Perico S.J. Stay with us, Lord! Prayers and meditations, Cinisello Balsam, São Paulo, 2001.