Monday, January 10, 2011

Wis 8, 1 She governs all things well

(Wis 8, 1) She governs all things well

[1] Indeed, she reaches from end to end mightily and governs all things well.

(CCC 302) Creation has its own goodness and proper perfection, but it did not spring forth complete from the hands of the Creator. The universe was created "in a state of journeying" (in statu viae) toward an ultimate perfection yet to be attained, to which God has destined it. We call "divine providence" the dispositions by which God guides his creation toward this perfection: By his providence God protects and governs all things which he has made, "reaching mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and ordering all things well". For "all are open and laid bare to his eyes", even those things which are yet to come into existence through the free action of creatures (Vatican Council I, Dei Filius I: DS 3003; cf. Wis 8:1; Heb 4:13).

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