From Letter XXVIII
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(For 356.)
…
In
order that
while He might become a sacrifice for us all, we, nourished up in the
words of truth, and partaking of His living doctrine, might be able
with the saints to receive also the joy of Heaven. For thither, as He
called the disciples to the upper chamber, so does the Word call us
with them to the divine and incorruptible banquet; having suffered for
us here, but there, preparing the heavenly tabernacles for those who
most readily hearken to the summons, and unceasingly, and [gazing] at
the goal, pursue the prize of their high calling; where for them who
come to the banquet, and strive with those who hinder them, there is
laid up both a crown, and incorruptible joy. For even though, humanly
speaking, the labour of such a journey is great, yet the Saviour
Himself has rendered even it light and kindly.
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From
Cosmas, see Migne xxvi. p. 1433.