The Happiness of Heaven: By a Father of the Society of JesusBoudreaux, F. J.
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The Happiness of Heaven: By a Father of the Society of Jesus
Boudreaux, F. J.
Heaven
This imperfection, which blasts so much happiness in this world, will
never find its way into our heavenly home. For the soul not only sees
that He who loved her from eternity will continue to do so
everlastingly; she not only sees the utter impossibility of God's
ever despising her; but she, at the same time, sees the impossibility
of her ever proving false to Him. She not only sees God as He is, but
she also sees everything else as it is. However beautiful, therefore,
creatures may be in heaven, she always sees in God a beauty and
perfection so vastly, so infinitely superior, that it is impossible
for her to be captivated by creatures, as she was in this world. She
loves all the companions of her bliss, it is true; but she loves them
all in God, and for God. She loves them because they are His, and
because he loves them. She loves them too, because they are so holy,
so beautiful, and so much like God, and, therefore, deserving of her
love. But her chiefest, her absorbing love is centred in God, and
remains centred there forever. Never can there come a day when she
will see a growing coldness in God for her. Never shall there dawn a
day when she will discover in herself a growing coldness for God;
and, consequently, there never shall be a day when her exceeding
happiness will fade away or be lessened. Rather, she sees the dawn of
a glorious day when her happiness will be increased, perfected, and
completed in the resurrection of the body--a day when other joys and
pleasures will be added to those she now enjoys in the Beatific
Vision.
CHAPTER V.
THE BEAUTY AND GLORY OF THE RISEN BODY.
We have seen in the foregoing chapters that, in the Beatific Vision,
the human soul sees, loves, and enjoys God, and that her essential
happiness consists in that unfailing, blessed vision. But, although
the blessedness she now enjoys is far greater than words can express,
it is not yet integral or complete, and never will be, except when
she is again clothed in her own body, beautified, and glorified after
the likeness of her Saviour's body.
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