Our Lady: Seat of Wisdom: First Thought of Almighty God

Our Lady of Fatima is NOT Optional!

Every once and a while, this Wolf heads over to Christ or Chaos to see the latest from Dr Thomas Droleskey.  Years ago, Dr Droleskey used to write for the Remnant.  But then he became a Classic Sedevacantist and, after some rough adventures, settled in to write his blog.  Dr Droleskey is scads more intelligent than this Wolf, and also devoted to Our lady of Fatima.  However, he is not as deep down the rabbit hole, adhering to the traditional Sedevacantist idea that everything was just peachy until Good Pope John came to town and called a council.  Nevertheless, he does have some great rants on Pope Frantic and many insightful articles.  And lately, on an article on Our Lady of Fatima, had a lengthy quote from the first chapter of the Book of Ecclesiasticus:

"[1] All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time. [2] Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of the world? Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss? [3] Who hath searched out the wisdom of God that goeth before all things? [4] Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting. [5] The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom, and her ways are everlasting commandments.

"[6] To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels? [7] To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? and who hath understood the multiplicity of her steps? [8] There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion. [9] He created her in the Holy Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her, and measured her. [10] And he poured her out upon all his works, and upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given her to them that love him."

Just as Our Lord is the Incarnation of the Eternal Word of God, so Our Lady is the Incarnation of the Divine Wisdom- or so this Wolf proposes.  (This is not a dogma of the Faith.)  With that in mind, let us peruse these verses.

Verse 1: "All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time."  This Wolf has said before that Our Lady was God's first thought from all Eternity.  In a certain manner of speaking, "After" the Eternal Procession, God had a "thought", as it were, and then expanded upon this "thought", creating heavens and an earth and angels and men to embellish it and give it substance.

Verse 2: "Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of the world?  Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss?"  Just as far as the heavens are above the earth, so is the majesty of Our Lady above all the Angels and Saints.  If we could see her glory and, not knowing better, we would surely worship her as God.  She is a mirror of the Divine and shows us how truly Great God is, that He could make so magnificent and so exalted a creature, who has understood the heavens in both macrocosmic and microcosmic detail.

Verse 3: "Who hath searched out the wisdom of God that goeth before all things?" That is to say, who can truly understand Our Lady?  Her sorrows are as an ocean, and as an abyss.  Many have said that her sorrows, if distributed among angels, men, and beasts, in proportion to all their gifts and natures, would instantly annihilate all by their intensity.  Only in and through God could her frailty have been upheld through this storm.  What a terrible wonder to behold- a thread holding an anchor, buffeted by a hurricane, and the salvation of all hanging in the balance.

Verse 4: "Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting."  Here we see Our Lady, despite all her glories, is a mere creature like ourselves, totally dependent upon the Divine Will, and totally submissive to that same will, while at the same time daring to challenge it.  "And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine." [St John, Chapter 2, Verse 3] Who can truly understand the mystery of this woman, rebuked at least twice by Our Lord but nevertheless perfectly without sin or the least stain thereof?

Verse 5: "The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom, and her ways are everlasting commandments."  The Union of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary is so close, so intimate these two Hearts beat as one.  Our Lady would never make a request out of harmony with the Divine Will, and God could never refuse any request from her lips.  To be immersed in this union is what we should strive for every day of our lives.

Verse 6: "To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels?"  Only to those faithfully devoted to the Immaculate Heart.  And that is why Our Lady of Fatima is not optional.  Our Lady of Fatima is not a private revelation or a superfluous devotion.  It is the latest unveiling of Salvation History.  Just as after the Exodus and the giving of the Law unto Moses it was necessary to become an Israelite in order to be saved, and just as there is no salvation outside of Our Lord Jesus Christ since the descent of the Holy Ghost upon Our Lady and the Apostles, so now this Wolf contends there is utterly no salvation outside of devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Those who do not have Our Lady for their mother, cannot have God for their Father, nor Jesus for their Brother.

Verse 7: "To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? and who hath understood the multiplicity of her steps?"  Our Lady was made by God to be the universal mediator of all Men for all time.  At the Foot of the Cross, where Time meets Eternity, Our Lady was Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix for all men, from Adam to the last man who shall be born before the end of the world.  She has attended to the places in Limbo of the countless conceptions that failed to implanted in the uterus.  She has attended to all the souls born in the most distant lands.  She has wept at every one falling into Hell, and exalted in every one that was healed and saved.  With the greatest travails of anguish has she given birth to each of the elect in the waters of Baptism.  And yet she is at the beck and call of each of her children, and attends to their least prayer.  And on the Last Day she will call each to its eternal resting place.

Verse 8: "There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion."  Impoverished as we are through sin, we are utterly lacking to appear before the Most High God.  At every moment fools who have spent their entire lives immersed in the pleasures of the world suddenly before Him, suddenly see His glory and their deficiency, and in their surprise and shame rush headlong and tumble into the pit of Hell.  Let us tremble lest we forsake the narrow road to life, and commit to the broad road of pleasures.  Let us follow after the Holy Example of Our Lady, who embraced poverty, trials, afflictions, and willingly suffered all she could for the Salvation of Souls, especially in the Early Church.  Contemplate her lonely exile in Ephesus, without her Son, Lord and Master, cast adrift in a Wilderness, but all that the Apostles might be confirmed in their faith.

Verse 9: "He created her in the Holy Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her, and measured her."  Our Lady is God's Masterpiece.  To study her is to see the mark of the mysteries of God.  The magnificent brush strokes of this painting and the imperceptible marks of the chisel on this delicate sculpture attest to the serene power that fashioned this majesty.

Verse 10: "And he poured her out upon all his works, and upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given her to them that love him."  Our Lady permeates everything and casts her shadow near and far, though most men do not recognize it.  Even Catholics, alas, have been trained to see her as but an ornament, an extra, an option.  They look upon her as the Greatest of the Saints, barely ahead of Joseph or John or Paul.  They understand not that she exceeds all of them put together multiplied by the number of them.  Nothing has not been touched by her tremulous hand.  Nothing has been unaffected by even a glance.  Yet sin incredibly blinds, and devils spin that darkness into a web that only sanctifying grace might penetrate.  How necessary are the prayers of the just to call down this Lady who has at her breast the Light of the World.

Yes, how appropriate the Good Doctor had these verses as a prelude to his dissertation on Our Lady of Fatima.  Yet alas, he did not even realize it.

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.  You are our only hope!