PLANET OF THE SAINTS
BY: FANNY E. MOISSEIEVA
THIS PLANET WAS MORE DIGNIFIED THAN THE OTHERS.
TREASURES WERE ABUNDANT. THE MOUNTAINS WERE
GOLDEN WITH PRECIOUS STONES SPREAD OVER THEM,
WHICH SPARKLED SO MUCH AS TO BLIND THE EYES. THE
AZURE
LAKES WERE LIKE MIRRORS
REFLECTING THE MULTI-
COLORED FLOWERS. WE DESCENDED ON TO THE PLAIN OF
FLOWERS AND I OBSERVED HOW THE GOLDEN BRANCHES
OF THE FRUIT TREES TOUCHED THE GROUND WITH THEIR
LOAD OF GOLDEN RIPE FRUIT.
I TASTED SOME OF THE FRUIT, WHICH MELTED IN MY MOUTH.
I COULD NOT MATCH THE FLAVOR WITH ANY EARTHLY FRUIT
NOR EVEN THE TEXTURE.
THEN I SAW SHAFTS OF MULTICOLORED RAYS REFLECTING
ON SILVERY CASCADES OF CRYSTALLINE WATERFALLS.
“THIS IS THE DWELLING FOR SAINTS,” SAID MY COMPANION.
I ASKED, “ARE DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SANCTITY GIVEN DIFFERENT
REWARDS?” HE REPLIED, “YES, LIFE HERE DIFFERS AS MUCH AS THE DIFFERENCE FROM
PLANET TO PLANET. EVERYONE GETS WHAT HE DESERVES FOR ETERNITY. THOSE WHO SPEND
THEIR ETERNITY HERE ARE THE SAINTS WHO LIVED SPIRITUAL LIVES WHILE ON EARTH
AND MADE GREAT SACRIFICES.
THEY GAVE GLORY TO GOD BY CONVERTING MANY SOULS AND
DOING MUCH GOOD BY THEIR EXAMPLE AND DEEDS,
DESPISING ALL EARTHLY PLEASURES AND COMFORT.
THROUGH THEM THE LORD GRANTS PARDON AND WORKS
MIRACLES OF GRACE TO ALL WHO INVOKE HIS WILL.
TO THOSE ON EARTH WHO PRAY TO THEM, IMPLORE THEM
TO OBTAIN GRACES AND BENEFITS, WHO REMEMBER
THEIR FEASTS DAYS, THEY IMPART THEIR MARVELOUS
INTERCESSION.”
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