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Participation In The Blessings Of The Union With Christ Comes When The Faithful Have All The Things Needed To Live Well And Blessedly To God.

In The Exercise Of God's Efficiency, The Decree Of God Comes First. This Manner Of Working Is The Most Perfect Of All And Notably Agrees With The Divine Nature.

The Relative Property Of The Son Is To Be Begotten, That Is, So To Proceed From The Father As To Be A Participant Of The Same Essence And Perfectly Carry On The Father's Nature.

From Faith, Hope, And Love, The Virtues Of Religion Referring To God, There Arises A Double Act Which Bears On The Spiritual Communion Exercised Between God And Us; The Hearing Of The Word And Prayer.

Although The Whole Man Partakes Of This Grace, It Is First And Most Appropriately In The Soul And Later Progresses To The Body, Inasmuch As The Body Of The Man Is Capable Of The Same Obedience To The Will Of God As The Soul.