O Clavis David
When John the Seer, in the Apocalypse, looks up, he is astonished: ‘Lo, in heaven, an open door!’ The beatitude of which David sang is within reach. The question is, will we, will I, accept the invitation to enter? The door that stands between me and God is for me to unlock: ‘Behold, I stand at the door and lock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come to him and eat with him, and he with me.’ We do well therefore to ask: What doors in me require unlocking? Where do I refuse grace access? Where can I perceive God’s knock, but ignore it? What prevents the Word from taking flesh in me? Let’s not think the key we need is hyper-sophisticated. The lock is in fact conventional. The latch is our self-will. You can listen to my third Kraków meditation here. And you can listen to the antiphon O Clavis David sung by Dominicans here.
