Today we conclude Chapter 10 and begin Chapter 11 of St. Louis de Montfort’s book, “The Love of Eternal Wisdom”. How truly this saint describes the Incarnate Eternal Wisdom in His gentleness! What may seem “excess” to some, can be due to the lack of God’s grace to “see” by Supernatural Faith what the saints saw in pondering the utter Beauty of Jesus’ looks, words and actions.
Jesus is also gentle in His words. When He dwelt on earth He won everyone over by His gentle speech. Never was He heard to raise his voice or argue heatedly. The prophets foretold this of Him (Is. 42:2). Those who listened to Him with good intentions were charmed by the words of life which fell from His lips and they exclaimed, “No man has ever spoken as this man” (Jn. 7:46). Even those who hated Him were so surprised at his eloquence and wisdom that they asked one another, “Where did He get such wisdom?” (Mt. 13:54). No man has ever spoken with such meekness and unction. “Where did He acquire such wisdom in His speech?” they asked. Multitudes of poor people left their homes and families and went even as far as the desert to hear Him, going several days without food or drink, for His gentle words were food enough for them. The apostles were led to follow Him by His kindly manner of speaking. His words healed the incurable and comforted the afflicted. He spoke only one word, - “Mary” - to the grief-stricken Mary Magdalene and she was overwhelmed with joy and happiness.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE GENTLENESS OF THE INCARNATE WISDOM IN HIS ACTIONS
Finally, Jesus is gentle in His actions and in the whole conduct of His life. “He did everything well” (Mt. 7:37), which means that everything He did was done with such uprightness, wisdom, holiness and gentleness that nothing faulty or distorted could be found in Him. Let us consider what gentleness our loving Saviour always manifested in His conduct.
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