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Certain visions allow the soul to see all material things in heaven and on earth, even those not physically present, through a supernatural illumination from God, as experienced by Saint John in the Apocalypse.
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Ascent of Mount Carmel, p. 218
According to Saint John, in the Apocalypse, the amount of torment and sorrow Babylon will receive is equal to the amount she rejoiced and lived in delights. However, this doesn't mean the pain won't be greater than the joy, because it will be - brief pleasures are punished with eternal torments.
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Ascent of Mount Carmel, p. 296
He gave the power to become children of God only to those who are born of God, that is, to those who are born again through grace, die to their old selves, and are raised to the supernatural, receiving from God a rebirth and adoption that surpasses all imagination.
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Ascent of Mount Carmel, p. 133