Part 1, Chapter 16
Yesterday, we meditated on hell, now we will meditate on HEAVEN!!!! (Hear the angel choirs singing). It is totally AWESOME!!!! Way beyond our wildest imagination, at least in a good sense. Today, St. Francis De Sales has us meditate on Heaven so that we can begin to taste ever so slightly its awe and wonder. God wants us to savor His sweetness, and this meditation introduces it. We have to know what we are aiming for, and that is what the aim of this meditation is.
Heaven is beauty, truth and goodness all perfect. Those that are in heaven “rejoice with a perpetual joy, they share a bliss unspeakable, and unchangeable delights” (Introduction to the Devout Life, 25). What else can I say, it is so much greater than earth, and it is what our hearts, souls, entire beings truly long for because it is our true home.
No there is no picture because they will not even do heaven justice!
Most Holy Trinity, you are the fullness of love and life. Show me the way to heaven and remove all obstacles that are in my way. Amen.