The Brightness of His Light

“Here, with St. Paul, we must declare, ‘O the depth, the immensity and the incomprehensibility of the Wisdom of God’ (Rom. 11:33): Generationem ejus quis enarrabit? (Is. 53:8; Acts 8:33). Who is the angel so enlightened, who is the man rash enough as to attempt to give us an adequate explanation of the origin of eternal Wisdom? For here all human beings must close their eyes so as not to be blinded by the vivid brightness of his light.

All should be silent for fear of tarnishing his perfect beauty by attempting to portray him.

Every mind should realize its inadequacy and adore, lest in striving to fathom him, it be crushed by the tremendous weight of his glory.

...‘Eternal Wisdom is a breath of the power of God, a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty. Hence nothing defiled gains entrance into him. He is the reflection of eternal light, the spotless mirror of God’s majesty, the image of his goodness’ (Wisd. 7:25,26).

...This splendor of dazzling and incomprehensible light of which the apostles caught a glimpse in the Transfiguration, filled them with delight and lifted them to the heights of ecstasy:

This eternal Wisdom is—

Something resplendent,

Sublime, immense, and infinite,

More ancient than the universe.

...as St Augustine says, ‘he gives himself only to those who desire him and seek him with all the zeal such a lofty aim deserves.’”

~St. Louis de Montfort (from The Love of Eternal Wisdom)