I read something tonight that I’d like to share with you.

“He is the Beginning, O God, in which you made heaven and earth. In this wonderful way you spoke and created them in your Word in your Son, who is your Strength your Wisdom, and your Truth.

“Who can understand this mystery or explain it to others? What is that light whose gentle beams now and again strike through to my heart, causing me to shudder in awe yet firing me with their warmth? I shudder to feel how different I am from it: yet in so far as I am like it, I am aglow with its fire. It is the light of Wisdom, Wisdom itself, which at times shines upon me, parting my clouds. But when I weakly fall away from its light, those clouds envelop me again in the dense mantle of darkness which I bear for my punishment. For my strength ebbs away for very misery, so that I cannot sustain my blessings. And so I shall remain until you, O Lord, who have pardoned all my sins, also heal all my mortal ills. For you will rescue my life from deadly peril, crown me with the blessings of your mercy, content all my desire for good, restore my youth as the eagle’s plumage is restored. Our salvation is founded upon the hope of something, and in endurance we await the fulfillment of your promises. Let those who are able listen to your voice speaking to their hearts. Trusting in your inspired words, I shall cry out: What diversity, Lord, in your creatures! What wisdom has designed them all! The Beginning is Wisdom and Wisdom is the Beginning in which you made heaven and earth.” – St. Augustine.

See, even Augustine had trouble finding the words. How do you explain that to people? That wholly, awesome truth? I don’t know, either. I don’t know.

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