While I was watching
Thrones were set in place
And One most venerable took His seat…
I saw someone coming on the clouds of heaven
One like a son of man
He came to the One most venerable
And was led to His presence
On him was conferred rule,
Honour and kingship
And all peoples, nations and languages became his servants.
His rule is, an everlasting rule…
And his kingship will never come to an end.
-Dan 7: 9-14
Through him, with him, in him
In the unity of the Holy Spirit
All glory and honour are yours
Now and forever.
-Eucharistic Doxology
Just when we thought our journey was done, the Eucharistic ritual enters its summit by a gesture of praise as the sacred host is raised.
The slain Lamb rises with a blast, and enters the full realm of the Most Holy Trinity, the source and summit of all mysteries. It’s a deeply vertical journey that would greatly benefit our horizontal dimension when we follow.
Go! Don’t hold back, follow him through the realms of this Trinitarian abode of the Ancient of Days. How? By offering ourselves and surrendering our will to him. When? At the raising of the sacred host and the proclamation of God's praise. Where? Within the recess of our will and intellect. Why? Because without completing this milestone eternity is not attained.
What do we gain? Like a supernova, the chakra would burst open and the sixth sense will be born and nurtured. We shall become aware, and increasingly behold the eternal City, heaven on earth, where everything is alive within the mind of the living Bread.
Somebody asked Christ ‘will many be saved?’. He replied: ‘Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, for many will try to enter and will not be able’(Lk:13:23-24).
This ‘narrow door’ is our trust, letting-go and surrender as we climb this vertical mountain through Christ, with Christ and in Christ.
Many kill and maim to attain this point and they never do. Many go on suicide and self-inflicted violence to arrive here and it eludes them. With man, trust may be a risky act but with Christ it is the most liberating experience. There is no eternal death surrounding a real trusting and loving soul.
