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state made perfect by the concurrence of every good."
This perfect happiness, moreover, will be eternal and
can not be lost.
"Your joy," says Christ, "no man shall take from
you" (John xvi. 22).
The oracle of the Royal Prophet will be fulfilled in
heaven: "They (the saints) shall be inebriated with
the plenty of Thy house, and Thou shalt make them
drink of the torrent of pleasure" (Ps. xxxv. 9).
"The sufferings of this life," says St. Paul, "are not
worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that
shall be revealed to us" (Rm. viii. 18).
"Would you know what heaven is ?" asks St. Bernard;
"it is a place where there is nothing that causes
pain, where there is everything which you might desire."
From heaven are banished all evils and all sufferings;
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shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and
death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying,
nor sorrow shall be any more" (Apoc. xxi. 4).
In heaven shall be found every good and every delight.
But the greatest joy of heaven is to behold the
face of God, and in Him to be possessed of every
good.
"I am thy reward exceeding great" (Gen. xv. I);
thus spoke the Lord to Abraham. And what can he
lack who possesses God, Who is the source of all that
is good, true, and beautiful? Hence the prophet
says: "I shutall be satisfied when Thy glory shall uppew"
(Ps. xv. 15).
"How lovely are Thy tabernacles, 0 Lord of hosts,
my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the
Lord!" (Ps. Iviii. 2).
In all the trials of life, keep your eyes directed
toward heaven, then you can not lose your peace of
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