Ah, if you could only see a little bit
of paradise, if you could only hear for a few seconds the chanting of
the sweet angels who shine with heavenly light and emit paradisiacal
fragrance! Oh, what beauty! Unfortunately, we are in the dark about all
these things.
There everything shines with limitless
bliss. And what does the throne of Christ tell you? Christ the Master
sits upon a throne, and due to His light no one can discern His sacred
and most sweet face. Oh, what sweetness and beauty! What is more
beautiful than this? This is truly paradise: to behold the face of our
Jesus! Glory to Thy Cross, O Lord, and to Thy Resurrection!
O depth of the wisdom of God! O
mysteries of the three sun Deity! Blessed is he who humbles himself like
a child, obeying all commands with a guileless soul for the love of
God! And woe to him who will hold on to his egotism, like me; how many
divine gifts does he deprive himself of!
