The Ascent to Heaven

We are all called to Godliness, and this call is reaffirmed every Sunday, for Sunday is always the Resurrection, Fr. Von Klarr has often told me. We ingest the Body and Blood of Christ, and we are made new to go and to sin no more. Here, the mystery of placement is revealed -- all souls move in the direction their instinct, shaped by their free will, leads them, and this is why the souls lining up at Acheron were just as eager for placement as those lining up at the Tiber.



Beatrice seems bored by these explanations, but we find her "oftentimes the form of a thing/ does not respond to the intent of the art" to be an analogy that descends to our level. As Aristotle writes, and as Blessed Francis Faà di Bruno demonstrates, the ultimate end is superior to all subordinate ones, and our ultimate end is God.

S.