God’s splendour is the source of life, those who see him share his life. Because he was beyond the reach of man’s mind, incomprehensible and invisible, he made himself visible, intelligible and knowable so that those who see and accept him may possess life. Since it is impossible to live without life and the reality of life proceeds from God, sharing God’s life means seeing God and enjoying his favour.
Those who see God therefore will live; they will be made immortal by this blessed vision and will attain to God himself … God sustains the universe in being. His nature and his greatness cannot be seen or described by any of the creatures he has made. But he is known to all of them.
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