In the eighth chapter of the Book of Wisdom, the Holy Spirit shows the excellence of eternal Wisdom in terms so sublime and yet so clear that we need only quote them here, adding a few reflections.
“Wisdom reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other and orders all things graciously.” Nothing is so gracious as eternal Wisdom. Of His very nature he is gracious without bitterness; gracious to those who love Him, never showing displeasure; gracious in His conduct, never showing severity. He is so gentle and unobtrusive that you might often think that He is not present when you meet with accidents and contradictions. But, possessed of invincible power, He quietly but effectively brings all things to a happy issue in ways unknown to men. After His example, the wise man should be graciously firm and firmly gracious - suaviter fortis et fortiter suavis.
“From my youth I have loved and sought Him and desired to take Him for my inseparable companion.” Whoever wishes to find this precious treasure of Wisdom should, like Solomon, search for Him (a) early and, if possible, while still young; (b) purely and spiritually as a chaste young man seeks a bride; (c) unceasingly, to the very end, until he has found Him. It is certain that eternal Wisdom loves souls so much that He even espouses them, contracting with them a true, spiritual marriage which the world cannot understand. History furnishes us with examples of this.
Hopefully some who have read these threads quoting from St. Louis de Montfort, have sought to read from the online version, by clicking on the link given in the title above. I would encourage all to read St. Louis de Montfort’s work more than one time. This is about my third re-reading of this book and I’m amazed at how much I did not learn from the first two readings, but I am not amazed by God’s Mercy which kept leading me back to read it again.
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