he came before a garden, bursting with flowers.
He could not bring himself to tread upon them by continuing his walk. But the flowers, bending a little, invited him to proceed. Even as he apologized for trampling them, they in return thanked him.
Turning towards the flowers, he asked, “Tell me, what is your task?” They answered, “To purify the air of sin and impurity, and to make up for the love which mankind lacks for the Creator.”
These were almost the same words of reproof [terechtwijzing] spoken by the rose.
And again he heard a voice saying that these words were not for him.
he came to a little hill...
at the bottom of which was a running brook [beekje], which led to a pretty waterfall.
Within himself he was thinking, “Is the water also going to tell me that it praises the Creator?”
Then Daniele asked, “Sister water, what is your task before the Most High?”
“To praise the Creator,” was the reply.
“And in what way do you praise the Creator?” he asked.
“With my sounds,” the water replied.
Daniele then became aware, that he had never heard rushing water sound such beautiful notes!
From that little waterfall came forth the enchanting chimes [klokkenspel] of an organ, to which no man-made organ could compare. It was a truly celestial melody, that penetrated so deeply within the soul of Fra Daniele that he was forced to plead, “Enough! Enough!”
~bron~
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