St Dominic - God's obedient Son
Raymond of Capua,
Catherine’s confessor and friend, records an extraordinary vision in which
Catherin sees the Father begetting the Son. Then the Father speaks of Dominic:
Dearest daughter, I am
the Father of these two sons; of the One by natural generation; of the other,
by loving and affectionate adoption … This Son who is mine by natural and
eternal generation, was most perfectly obedient to me in all things, even unto death, in the human
nature which he assumed. So too, Dominic, this son of mine by adoption, shaped
every act he did, from his infancy till the last day of his life, by obedience
to my commandments. Never once did he disobey a command of mine … and he preached
not only in his own person, but through others also; not only in his own
lifetime, but through those who followed him. Through these followers the voice
of Dominic’s preaching is heard today, and will continue to be heard. For just
as my Son by nature sent his disciples to preach, so did Dominic, my adopted
son, send out his friars … just as my Son by nature is my very Word, so this
adopted son is the herald and bearer of my Word. And so my special gift to him
and his friars is understanding of the words I have spoken, and the grace of
never swerving from them.
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