V. O quam mirabilis
The Foreknowledge of the Divine Heart
The divine heart's foreknowledge encompasses every creature in its eternal wisdom.
Antiphon: O how wonderful is the foreknowledge of the divine heart, which foreknew every creature.
Man as the Mirror of All Creation
In forming the human face, God beheld the entirety of creation reflected whole in that single form.
For when God looked upon the face of the man he had formed, he beheld all his works, whole, in that same form of man.
The Wonder of Man's Elevation
The divine inspiration that raised man to bear the fullness of creation is itself a cause for wonder.
O how wonderful is the inspiration that raised up man in this way.
Read the original Latin
Antiphona: O quam mirabilis est prescientia divini pectoris, que prescivit omnem creaturam. Nam cum deus inspexit faciem hominis, quem formavit, omnia opera sua in eadem forma hominis integra aspexit. O quam mirabilis est inspiratio, que hominem sic suscitavit.
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