you shall be in need of me, I will come back to you. Where you call me, there I shall hear you, and wherever your spirit shall seek me, there I will
“Forget not that thirst leads to the winepress, and hunger to the wedding-feast.
“It is in your longing that you shall find the Son of Man. For longing is the fountainhead of ecstasy, and it is the path to the Father.”
And John spoke again and said:
“If you would indeed leave us, how shall we be of good cheer? And why speak you of separation?”
And Jesus said:
“The hunted stag knows the arrow of the hunter before it feels it in his breast; and the river is aware of the sea ere it comes to her shore. And the Son of Man has travelled the ways of men.
“Before another almond tree renders her blossoms to the sun, my roots shall be reaching into the heart of another field.”
Then Simon Peter said:
“Master, leave us not now, and deny us not the joy of your presence. Where you go we too will go; and wherever you abide there we will be also.”
And Jesus put His hand upon Simon Peter’s shoulder, and smiled upon him, and He said:
“Who knows but that you may deny me before this night is over, and leave me before I leave you?”