And because He is fully present,
therefore the whole of His redemption is; for where the Lord the
Redeemer is, there redemption is. Therefore all who observe the Holy
Communion worthily, become His redeemed, and receives the fruits of
redemption, namely, liberation from hell, union with the Lord, and
salvation.
--_True Christian Religion, nn._ 716, 717
THE RESPONSIBLE LIFE IN THE WORLD
"Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me."
--_Matthew_, XI, 29
There are those who believe that it is difficult to live the life
which leads to heaven, which is called the spiritual life, because
they have heard that one must renounce the world, must divest himself
of the lusts called the lusts of the body and the flesh, and must live
spiritually. They take this to mean that they must cast away worldly
things, which are especially riches and honors; that they must go
continually in pious meditation on God, salvation, and eternal life;
and must spend their life in prayers and in reading the Word and pious
books. But those who renounce the world and live in the spirit in this
manner acquire a melancholy life, unreceptive of heavenly joy.
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