Stanzas 20 and 21 and Commentary on It in The Spiritual Canticle by St. John of the Cross
Commentary on Section 10, Paragraph 2
If only we could not feel that sorrow. Too often we dwell in the past on what we have done or what others have we done that we miss the joys God has for us now.
Lord, let me not dwell on the sorrow of the past, but on the joy of the present. Amen.
