“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, what God has ready for those who love Him.”
“Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”
The contemplative has, on earth, a vague foretaste of the heavenly reward. Why not give your life wholly over to God, and live a prayerful life? Perhaps God will give you the gift of a foretaste of your heavenly reward.
I recommend reading the final canto of Dante’s Paradiso, which is his poetic representation of the beatific vision. May we all be caught up entirely by, “The Love which moves the sun and the other stars.”
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