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This fetid sea | which lies between us and the noetic paradise | we can cross with the boat of repentance | whose oarsmen are those of fear. | But if the oarsmen of fear do not pilot this barque of repentance | wherewith we cross over the sea of this world to God | we shall be drowned in the fetid sea. | Repentance is the ship | and fear is the pilot | love is the divine haven. | Thus fear sets us in the ship of repentance | transports us over the foul sea of this life (that is, of the world) | and guides us to the divine port, which is love. | Hither proceed all that labor and are afflicted | and heavy laden in repentance. | When we attain to love | we attain to God. | Our way is ended and we have passed unto the isle that lies beyond the world | where is the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, to Whom be glory and dominion | and may He make us worthy of His glory and His love through the fear of Him. | Amen. | Homily 46, p. 359