If, when all visible reality has passed away, nothing shall exist but God, who is and ever shall be, then those who share in the riches of his grace within this world are already enjoying their riches of the age to come, even though they are still on earth. They groan in the shadows under the weight of their burden (Symeon the New Theologian: The Practical and Theological Chapters and the Three Theological Discourses. Cistercian Publications. 1982.).
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