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Friendship in Christ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2024

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They are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he who is seated on the throne will diffuse his glory on them. No longer will they thirst or hunger. No longer will the sun or any heat strike them. For the Lamb before the throne will be their shepherd and will guide them to the springs of living waters, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Apoc. vii, 14-17.)

Already, to us who are yet in via, there belongs some share in this apocalyptic vision. Already there is diffused upon us some measure of God's glory, in that grace which is the seed of glory. And so we need not wait until angelic trumpets herald the parousia; already God is accomplishing in us these very wonders that St John saw in heaven.

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Copyright © 1959 Provincial Council of the English Province of the Order of Preachers