Wednesday, May 22 : Saint Francis de Sales

The manna “every taste uniting that could bring content, of every appetite the welcome choice” (Wis 16:20-21) differed to suit the eater’s whim. No one experienced its every flavor; it satisfied each Israelite in what he craved the most. In heaven we shall see and enjoy the godhead; but no individual, nor all the saints together, will ever totally see or enjoy God. God is infinite and will ever be infinitely more perfect than we can possibly grasp. Take fishes, which live in the incredible vastness of the ocean: no one fish, nor the whole host of fishes, has ever been in sight of every shore or tried to swim in every sea. Take birds, free to make the whole air their playground: no single bird, nor all that feathered tribe, has ever flown its length and breadth or known its upper limits. In heaven we shall be free to swim and soar in the godhead to our hearts’ content, happy forever in the knowledge that God is so great, so infinite, we shall never utterly encompass him, never match our satisfaction with his infinity, which must always remain infinitely beyond our reach.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team