We were made for union. Before any word was spoken, God breathed, And in that breath Lay our whole vocation: To become by grace what He is by nature. Yet we have scattered ourselves. The fall is not only a fault But a fracture. Mind torn from heart, Body from spirit, Each of us from the other. Deification is God Gathering our broken pieces Back into one. This healing does not come Through one practice alone. It rises from the hidden cell, Where prayer descends From the mind i