Leonard Oprea
THE EMPTY CATHEDRAL
(dedicated to Saint Nicolae Steinhardt, my Teacher)
If Love would be built using the square and the compass, then Faith would
be a Cathedral - always empty.
“… beneath the clouds cry
the cranes; the rustle of dry
leaves raked by the wind… “
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(from "Theophil Magus - 1001 Breathings" // Copyright © 2008 by Leonard Oprea. All rights reserved.
Leonard Oprea created the Breathing, an original type of essay in Romanian and world literature.The Breathing is a short, simple yet profound meditation on human condition, a meditation ended by a haiku. But - this haiku does not finish the meditation. In fact, it RE-opens this reflection to new questions and responses on human destiny. There are 100 Breathings in Leonard Oprea's work "Theophil Magus – Confessions 2004 – 2006", ed. "Universal Dalsi", 2007, Romania)