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 the consecrated  Host,  to  the  transfigured  Saviour, to God;  for  we  read  in  St.  John,  that  this  is  "  eternal life — to  know  Thee — the  only  true  God,  and  Jesus Christ  whom  Thou  hast  sent."

Brethren, the  vision,  the  possession,  of  God,  and that alone,  is  heaven,  just  as  the  loss  of  God,  and that alone,  is  hell. Our yearning  for  happiness  will not be  appeased  by  shadows  of  God's  perfections  such as creatures  are;  it  demands  the  reality — God  Himself. " When  Thy  glory  shall  have  appeared,"  says the Psalmist,  "  I  shall  be  satisfied." And never sooner — and why? " Because,"  says  St.  John,  "  we will  be  like  Him  when  we  see  Him  as  He  is." Our happiness and  that  of  God  will  be  identical,  consisting in  the  contemplation  of  Himself — the  all-true, the all-good,  the  all-beautiful. As the  moon  and  stars catching the  sun's  rays  are  made  to  resemble  the  sun itself, so  the  beatified  souls  shine  like  the  Sun  of  Justice Himself,  in  the  kingdom  of  their  Father. The riches of  the  beatific  vision  fill  the  measure  of  all  our heart's desires. " I  am  thy  reward,  exceeding  great," says the  Lord. Our soul  with  its  memory,  understanding, and  will,  is  a  triangle  of  infinite  extent, which this  earthly  globe  can  never  fill,  which  nothing can ever  fill  but  that  other  infinite  triangle,  the  three in one — the  triune  God,  who  fills  it  with  good measure and  pressed  down  and  flowing  over. Besides the riches  of  the  Divinity,  we  will  enjoy  in  heaven  unlimited power — a  certain  omnipotence. Our wills shall be  so  attuned  to  that  of  God,  that  our  wish  becomes His  and  His  ours,  so  that  of  us  as  of  Him  it