When the eternal Word, Eternal Wisdom, decided in the grand council of the Blessed Trinity (cf. Nos. 41-46) to become man in order to restore fallen humanity, it is possible He made it known to Adam, and Scripture tells us He promised the patriarchs of the Old Law that He would become man in order to redeem the world. This explains why, during the 4,000 years since the creation of the world, all the holy people of the Old Law pleaded earnestly in their prayers for the coming of the Messiah. They groaned, they wept and cried out, “Clouds, rain forth the just one. Earth, bud forth the Saviour” (cf. Is. 45:8). “O Wisdom, who proceeded from the mouth of the Most High, come bring us deliverance.” But their cries, their prayers, and their sacrifices had not the power to draw the Son of God, Wisdom Eternal, from the bosom of his Father. They reached out towards heaven but their arms were not long enough to reach the throne of the Most High. They offered the sacrifice of their hearts unceasingly to God but they were not worthy enough to obtain the greatest of all graces.
At last, when the time appointed for the redemption of mankind came, Eternal Wisdom built himself a house worthy to be his dwelling- place (Prov. 9:1). He created the most holy Virgin, forming her in the womb of St Anne with even greater delight than he had derived from creating the universe. It is impossible on the one hand to put into words the gifts with which the Blessed Trinity endowed this most fair creature, or on the other hand to describe the faithful care with which she corresponded to the graces of her Creator. ( From: “The Love of Eternal Wisdom” by St. Louis de Montfort)
Yes, it is impossible to describe in words …Yet we can thank God for all that He has given us in His Word, and through the teachings of His Church and the writings of His Saints. Let us ask for grace to know more of Mary Who is both Mother and Model for us!
Come Holy Spirit, kindle in us the Fire of Your Love! Jesus, we trust in You! Mary, our Mother and Model, pray for us your children, that we may love God as you love Him.
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