{"id":5064,"date":"2026-04-17T14:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/?page_id=5064"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:43:34","slug":"the-empyrean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/the-empyrean\/","title":{"rendered":"The Empyrean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/2026\/04\/16\/the-involuntary-receiving-capacities-bernards-teaching-on-the-foundation-of-the-rose\/oq3ib-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5042\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OQ3ib-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OQ3ib-1.jpg 777w, https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OQ3ib-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/OQ3ib-1-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Empyrean is about your soul, and receiving God&#8217;s Light into your Soul.<\/p>\n<p>The new guide after Beatrice finds her place in the matured part of the Rose, is the faculty of Loving God, as in &#8220;St. Bernard&#8221;. He shows you the inner structure and architecture of the soul, as preparation for further receiving of the Light.<\/p>\n<p>Two elements are necessary for the final union:<\/p>\n<p>Love of God (St. Bernard)<br \/>\nReceiving God&#8217;s Light (Mary)<\/p>\n<p>This will create the relationship and the final communion with God, internally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Empyrean is about your soul, and receiving God&#8217;s Light into your Soul. The new guide after Beatrice finds her&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5042,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5064","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5064"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5086,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5064\/revisions\/5086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailypurgatory.com\/paradiso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}