"... the object of the Eternal Father's delight..."

[MariaChristi]

1. (3) Eternal Wisdom, besides being the object of the eternal Father’s delight, and the joy of angels (cf. Nos. 10,19,55), is also the source of purest joy and consolation for man who possesses Him. He gives to man a relish for everything that comes from God and makes him lose his taste for things created. He enlightens his mind with the brightness of His own light and pours into his heart an indescribable joy, sweetness and peace even when he is in the midst of the most harrowing grief and suffering, as St Paul bears witness when he exclaims, “I exceedingly abound with joy in all our tribulations” (2 Cor. 7:4). Whenever I go into my house, says Solomon, even though I am alone, I will take my rest with Wisdom because Wisdom’s company is always pleasing, His companionship is never tedious but always satisfying and joyful (Wisd. 8:16). And not only at home did I find joy in conversing with Him, but everywhere and in everything, because Wisdom went before me (Wisd. 7:12). There is a true and holy joy in Wisdom’s friendship (Wisd. 8:18), while the joys and pleasures we find in created things are illusory, leading only to affliction of spirit.
2. (4) When Eternal Wisdom communicates Himself to a soul, He gives that soul all the gifts of the Holy Spirit and all the great virtues to an eminent degree. They are: the theological virtues - lively faith, firm hope, ardent charity; the cardinal virtues - well-ordered temperance, complete prudence, perfect justice, invincible fortitude; the moral virtues - perfect religion, profound humility, pleasing gentleness, blind obedience, complete detachment, continuous mortification, sublime prayer, etc. These are the wonderful virtues and heavenly gifts described briefly by the Holy Spirit when He says, “If anyone loves justice, great virtues are again Wisdom’s handiwork, for He teaches temperance and prudence, justice and fortitude. Nothing in the world is more useful to man in this life than these” (Wisd. 8:7).

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

How good it is to be listening to these words of Scripture, which St. Louis de Montfort pondered and then quotes in his book, “The Love of Eternal Wisdom” – especially as we draw near to the Feast of Pentecost!

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Come Holy Spirit, fill us with the Fire of Your Love, as you filled Mary!

 

[MariaChristi]

Thanks, Divine3, for your “heart” which tells us you liked the words St. Louis de Montfort wrote on “The Love of Eternal Wisdom”

Hopefully, you’ll read this little book one day! If you click on the title it will take you to the online version. Hopefully, all who’ve been reading what St. Louis de Montfort quoted from the Scriptures, pondered, lived and wrote in this book will be blessed abundantly!

 

[patricius79]

“He enlightens his mind with the brightness of His own light and pours into his heart an indescribable joy, sweetness and peace even when he is in the midst of the most harrowing grief and suffering, as St Paul bears witness when he exclaims, “I exceedingly abound with joy in all our tribulations” (2 Cor. 7:4).”

This reminds me of St. John Eudes’s book “The Admirable Heart of Mary”, where he says that we should drink deeply of, and be spiritually inebriated with, the spiritual wine of divine love in the Immaculate Heart of Mary, fearing no excess of this joy. He also talks about how when we cast ourselves into the furnace of Mary’s Heart–which was foreshadowed by the fiery furnace of babylon–all our tribulations only increase our joy and peace. And he says that Mary’s suffering under the cross only increased her joy and peace because of her love for God and for each of us.

 

[MariaChristi]

Dear patricius,

Thanks for your reply, and your reference to St. John Eudes. Certainly Eternal Wisdom poured into St. John Eudes’ mind and heart, “the brightness of His own light and an indescribable joy, sweetness and peace”. How else could St. John Eudes have such devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus? Only God can enlighten a human mind as He enlightens the saints!

Yes, St. John Eudes must have cast himself into the “furnace of Mary’s Heart” to be able to write of that “increase of joy and peace” he received from God through Mary. Ah the wisdom of the Saints!