Pascal's Night of Fire

On November 23, 1654,  Blaise Pascal  encountered God in a vision. He wrote this prayer to remember the moment and carried it with him wherever he went by sewing it into the liner of his coat:

Fire

'God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob,' not of philosophers and scholars.Certainty, certainty, heartfelt, joy, peace.God of Jesus Christ.God of Jesus Christ.My God and your God.'Your God shall be my God.'The world forgotten, and everything except God.He can only be found by the ways taught in the Gospels.Greatness of the human soul.'O righteous Father, the world had not known you, but I have known you.'Joy, joy, joy, tears of joy.I have cut myself off from him.They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters.'My God will you forsake me?'Let me not be cut off from him for ever!And this is life eternal, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.'Jesus Christ.Jesus Christ.I have cut myself off from him, shunned him, denied him, crucified him.Let me never be cut off from him!He can only be kept by the ways taught in the Gospel.Sweet and total renunciation.Total submission to Jesus Christ and my director.Everlasting joy in return for one day's effort on earth.I will not forget your word. Amen.