And with almost every heartbeat my certainty grows: You cannot help us, but we must help You and defend Your dwelling place inside us to the last. There are, it is true, some who, even at this last stage, are putting their vacuum cleaners and silver forks and spoons in safekeeping instead of guarding You, dear God.
via: Vasco Brondi, Una cosa spirituale (Einaudi, 2025), chapter Proteggere Dio
Info & reflection: the radical reversal. Not God protecting us, but us protecting God in us.
Related in anthology
- Una cosa spirituale. Non fare niente, altre forme d'arte — Etty Hillesum in the Proteggere Dio chapter: it is up to us to keep God safe in us, while others save the silverware