10277. 'Everyone touching them will be sanctified' means an imparting [of what is His] to all who receive [Him] in love and faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'touching' as an imparting, dealt with in 10130; and from the meaning of 'being sanctified' as the inflow and presence of the Lord, dealt with immediately above in 10276. And since the inflow and presence of the Lord are accomplished within love and faith, thus with those who receive Him in love and faith, these are the ones who are here said to be the sanctified. But what is Divine with them is holy, and nothing at all of their own.