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 the world  and  I  go  to  the  Father."  It  will  not  do  to say  that  Christ,  by  reason  of  the  human  nature  He had  assumed,  could  go  to  the  Father,  for  He  took His  human  nature  so  intimately  as  to  become  one with  Himself,  so  that  He  can  say  of  it:  "  I,  and  the Father, and  this  My  human  nature  are  one."  "  To leave  the  world  and  go  to  the  Father,"  has  a  deeper meaning  than  that.  In  Holy  Writ  the  word "world"  is  used  sometimes  in  a  good,  sometimes in  a  bad  sense.  The  good  world  are  all  created things  of  which  we  read  that:  "  God  saw  all  things that He  had  made,  and  they  were  very  good."  The bad  world  are  sinners,  of  whom  Our  Lord  says: €t  These  My  disciples  are  not  of  this  world  even  as  I am  not  of  this  world." For, here  below,  there  are two elements,  the  rational  and  the  material — the  rational of  the  heavens,  heavenly;  and  the  material  of the  earth,  earthly;  the  rational  servants  of  Christ  ordering themselves  and  all  things  to  God;  and  irrational sinners  who  give  to  the  earth  their  body  and mind, heart  and  soul. Now, were  it  not  for  Christ's Redemption,  we  should  all  be  part  of  the  evil  world, but by  His  grace  we  leave  it  and  approach  God. Now, this  approach  is  accomplished  by  three  steps, prefigured in  Jacob's  ladder. The first  step  is  from sin to  grace  by  the  acquisition  of  faith,  hope  and charity; and  the  second  step,  from  grace  to  glory, when faith  is  lost  in  the  vision  of  God;  when  hope  becomes possession  and  charity  alone  remains. These two steps,  by  which  we  leave  the  world  and  go  to  the Father, are  peculiar  to  the  souls  of  mortal  men,  but