Summary of text [comment] page 45
[At this point, we have encountered three resonant movements in widely separated passages: the cessation of God Recognizing Himself, the death of the spontaneous order in which we are embedded, and the eclipse of thinkdivine.
The movements all describe horrific evil, where actuality2 ceases to emerge from the realm of possibility1. All describe a supernatural evil beyond the goods and evils of nature. All describe the ultimate limitation.
Attaching this afterthought to the end of the Lord’s Prayer makes the prayer a work of monstrous, sublime beauty. The poetic light of de Chardin pales in comparison to the theatrical fireworks of the Lord’s Prayer.
Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our debts. Let us forgive the debts of others. Um … what else? … oh, I know:
Deliver us from the cessation of You Recognizing Yourself, the complete annihilation of my society, and the total and utter loss of sanity.]