“If from one burning lamp someone lights another, then another from that one, and so on in succession, he has light continuously. In the same way, through the Apostles Ordaining their successors, and these successors Ordaining others, and so on, the Grace of the Holy Spirit is handed down through all generations and enlightens all who obey their spiritual shepherds and teachers.”
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“Life of the Soul is union with God, as life of the body is union with the Soul.”
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“Tender love is found in people who have things in their care, so shepherds love their sheep and owners love their property. Since, however, such love is greater between those linked by blood and kinship, and greatest of all between fathers and their own children, the Lord uses these latter to demonstrate His own love for mankind, calling Himself a man and the father of us all. For He was made a man for our sake and gave us new birth through Holy Baptism and the accompanying Grace of the Holy Spirit.”
