CARLOMAN.
[suddenly to Zacharias.]
Oh, you can act for God, and I must pray;
There is a distance from Him in my life
Since I can only pray: while there is nearness
Between your life and His creative Be!
ZACHARIAS.
[astonished] My son, what do you mean?
BONIFACE.
O Carloman!
CARLOMAN.
Pardon. I spoke aloud a scudding thought
That filled my head one moment. So divine
It is to act God’s Counsel.
ZACHARIAS.
We can serve Him
Only if stable, for the life of life
Is calm as the untroubled sea and changeless.
Go, follow Damiani, dearest son!