The Journey Across The Night Seapart Ii

A thousand faces were released at once. They floated slowly upward, gently rolling in a circle as they rose into the sky. Their eyes were shining from some hidden source of light not visible to mortal eyes. We were transfixed, we stared at them for the duration of their ascent. They looked down on us with compassionate eyes, tender expressions flitting across their features. I was speechless that so much love could radiate from human faces. It seemed that our vigilant watching was itself part of this ceremony unfolding above us. The last thing we saw were their eyes, even more strangely illuminated, blinking again and again as if they could not believe what they were seeing, as if the wonder of it transcended even their exalted state of grace. And then it was over, the vision closed... The nineteen who had been asleep awoke, having dreamed what the four of us had witnessed. The Mysterious Barge and its ghostly captain were vanished. And our ship was surging forward with propitious winds and friendly currents. Once again, we were just sailors in a goodly ship on a vast ocean under the pure blue light of morning. The twenty-two men started debating what had happened, then they argued without listening to each other, some came to blows. But I remained calm. I knew the Reign of Heaven on Earth was beginning and we had entered an Eternity that would seal Earth and Heaven into One Reality.In God's good time, which has always been the best time, this would transpire. All praise to God and His Angels and His Saints!