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A Conversation between the Knight and
the Mystic
by Henry Suso
The conversation between the knight, tough man at
arms, and the hypersensitive mystic is full of revealing touches.
Suso is exalted and amazed by the stories of hard combats, the
courage of the knights, and the ring for which they contend: but
most astounded by the fortitude, which pays no attention to its
wounds.
“And may not one weep, and show that one is hurt, when
one is hit very hard?” he says.
The knight replies, “No, even though one’s heart
fails, as happens to many, one must never show that one is distressed.
One must appear gay and happy; otherwise one is dishonored, and
loses at the same time one’s reputation and the Ring.”
“These words made Suso thoughtful; and he was greatly moved,
and inwardly sighing he said, ‘Oh, Lord, if the knights
of this world must suffer so much to obtain so small a prize,
how just it is that we should suffer far more if we are to obtain
an eternal recompense! Oh, my sweet Lord, if only I were worthy
of being Thy spiritual knight!”
Henry Suso
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