A Sober Intoxication of Burning for God

Bernard of Clairvaux:

Dearest indeed, who are intoxicated with love, intoxicated indeed, who deserve to be at the wedding feast of the Lord, eating and drinking at his table in his kingdom, when he takes his Church to him in glory, without blemish or wrinkle or any defect. Then he will intoxicate his dearest ones with the torrent of his delight, for in the most passionate and the most chaste embrace of Bridegroom and Bride, the rush of the river makes glad the city of God. I think this is no other than what the son of God, who waits on us and he goes, promised....Here is fullness without disgust, insatiable curiosity that is not restless, an eternal and endless desire that knows no lack, and last, that sober intoxication that does not come from drinking too much, that is no reeking reeking of wine but a burning for God.