An excellent exerpt from Leo the Great on why we fix our eyes and our faith on the Word and the Sacraments.
"When all things were fulfilled which concerned the gospel preaching and the mysteries of the New Testament, our Lord Jesus Christ, on the fortieth day after the resurrection in the presence of the disciples, was raised into heaven, and terminated His presence with us in the body, to abide on the Father's right hand until the times divinely foreordained for multiplying the sons of the church are accomplished, and He comes to judge the living and the dead in the same flesh in which He ascended. And so that which till then was visible of our Redeemer was changed into sacraments, and that faith might be more excellent and stronger, sight gave way to doctrine, the authority of which was to be accepted by believing hearts enlightened with rays from above."
Leo the Great, Sermons, 74.2
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