“This living in the presence of God, this placing himself before the face of God, is a characteristic which the children of Carmel have inherited from the great Prophet: Conversatio nostra in coelis est. ‘Our conversation is in heaven.’ Elias was not taken up to heaven, but here on earth he lived in heaven and stood with a pious heart before God’s throne: ‘God lives, I am standing before His face.’ The words of the Archangel Raphael spoken to Tobias are reminiscent of the words of Elias. After he had accompanied Tobias under the name of Azarias and brought him safely on his journey, he revealed himself as an Angel of God. ‘One of the seven who stood before God.’ ‘I seemed indeed to eat and drink with you, but I use an invisible meat and drink which cannot be seen by men.’ This realisation of the presence of God is of the very greatest significance in the religious life.”
Bl. Titus Brandsma
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