All in all.

All in all.God will be all in all. What shorter can be heard, and what more tremendous can be imagined? God is all to himself because his greatness is sufficient for him, and he is even to all the elect. God is the light that enlightens the elect, and joy cheers them. God is the glory that encircles them. Only he can be happy who is not deceived, who suffers nothing and fears nothing. The truth is, if only man had all possible goodness. He would lack much if he were deceived. Or if he had to suffer while doing so, he could not be satisfied. Even if he did not have to suffer but had to worry about something, he could not be at peace. In Heaven, St. Francis de Sales cries out how many favors there are. The Divine is made to be understood directly, without through an image. Or likeness. The Divinity draws near and unites with our understanding. Good God, what a delight for human reason to be constantly united to its supreme object not by its form but by its presence, not by an image, not by an imitation, but by its divine essence.

God will act like mothers who are not content to feed their children with their own milk but put their breasts into their mouths, so the child may receive their milk. We shall also see that eternal and miraculous birth by which the Son was born from eternity. We shall also see the generation of the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, we shall also see the Divine Love of the Eternal Father towards the Son as it is accomplished in one breath. Our hearts will behold the beauty and sweetness of this love between the Eternal Father and His Son. There, Jesus will show Himself through His beautiful and benevolent humanity. We will also see our Mother Mary, the good and sweet Virgin Mary. We will see St. Joseph and, with him, the Patriarch of the Prophets, the Apostles, the Martyrs, the Confessors, the Bishops, and the pure virgins of the whole Church.

Theophanies often talk about heaven. Teach them to yearn, cry, and sigh for the heavenly homeland so that they may be able to speak with St. Ignatius. How empty the earth is when I look up to heaven. Heavenly happiness will have no end. If it should end once, it would not be happiness—the greater the happiness, the greater the fear that we will lose it. To see God, this is life, cries St. Augustine, and this is life eternal. We shall see God, and that is all, for it is such a great thing that everything else is nothing compared to it. In heaven, there is eternal joy, ever rejoicing, reminiscent of happiness.