Power came forth from him

“Power came forth from him”

Mighty is the work of sanctification. Over the chaos of our miseries, over the dry and empty waste of our poor heart, is seen the Spirit; and his fruitful breath causes a richer and more beautiful creation to arise than that which sprang forth in the beginning of time from the hands of the Almighty. A holy soul: there is no richness that can equal it or any work of art that is comparable to it. It is the delight of God because he sees in it a likeness of his Word, the Son of his eternal joys. 

And how is this masterpiece produced? It comes into being as the material world was formed: greatness from above, and baseness from below. From on high is the Spirit who passes over the waters; from below is our soul, which receives the divine breath and which, as a docile instrument, responds obediently to the action, the will, and the thought of God. Sacred Scripture says that Wisdom reaches from end to end mightily and orders all things sweetly (Wis 8:1). In similar fashion is the work of holiness accomplished, for it is a result of might and of mildness. 

To sanctify souls, great power is needed—indeed, infinite power. Who can make him clean, that is conceived of unclean seed? Is it not Thou who only art? (Job 14:4). To sanctify souls, there was required the force of the wisdom that fashioned the Incarnation, and the might of the sorrow that wrought the mystery of Calvary, and the power of love, strong as death, which produced the Eucharist. 

The action of God in the sanctification of each soul is a marvel of power…. What might is in the divine voice that calls us to enter into the land of mystery, the land of vision!

Servant of God Luis Maria Martínez