“At the
same moment the Trinity filled me full of heartfelt joy, and I knew that all
eternity was like this for those who attain heaven. For the Trinity is God, and
God the Trinity; the Trinity is our Maker and keeper, our eternal lover, joy
and bliss—all through our Lord Jesus Christ. . . . We have got to realize the
littleness of creation and to see it for the nothing that it is before we can
love and possess God who is uncreated. This is the reason why we have no ease
of heart or soul, for we are seeking our rest in trivial things which cannot
satisfy, and not seeking to know God, almighty, all-wise, all-good. He is true
rest. It is His will that we should know Him, and His pleasure that we should
rest in Him. Nothing less will satisfy us. . . . We shall never cease wanting
and longing until we possess Him in fulness and joy. Then we shall have no
further wants. Meanwhile His will is that we go on knowing and loving until we
are perfected in heaven. . . . The more clearly the soul sees the blessed face
by grace and love, the more it longs to see it in its fullness.” Julian of
Norwich, in her Revelations of Divine Love
I am the living bread that came down
from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is
my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." John 6:51
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise
him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in
him. John 6:54-56
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. "You do not want to leave too, do
you?" Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to
whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that
you are the Holy One of God." John 6:66-69
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