Analysis Of Pierre De Berulle's Tenth Discourse

In Pierre De Berulle’s selected writings pages 147 through 157 we continue to learn about the “Discourse on the State and Grandeurs of Jesus. The ninth discourse is on the love and communication of God in this mystery. Then we continue to the tenth discourse which describes the three births of Jesus. In the eleventh discourse we learn about the second birth of Jesus. And finally in the twelfth discourse we learn about the third birth of Jesus. In the ninth discourse we learn about the love and communication of God in the mystery. The author starts the paragraph by discussing ways that “understanding” is superior to the will. Understanding seems to transform its objects into itself whereas the will transform itself into the object. Knowledge
In the mortal life, it isn’t easy to know God as much as we want. But we could love him as much as we wish, lifting ourselves up from one level to the next through grace and his love. “The condition and level of knowledge, which we will have of God in heaven eternally, depends on the level of this love on earth” (pg 148). Love helps to join us with God as he is in himself by transporting us out of ourselves to him while knowledge we have of God on earth unites us to God as he is in us (pg 149). We only know this in enigma and shadow. Enigma is he who knew God in the third heaven. The knowledge of God we have in heaven has this advantage and power over the knowledge and light of God we have on earth. It unites and joins us with God who is in himself. In heaven, Gods essence unites itself to our spirit, thus elevating our body to know God. Establishes us to a state proper to God. In shadow, the author states, “Since angels and men possess only the shadow of being and light compared to the being and light of God, then they are naturally capable of only receiving the shadow and the image of the knowledge that God has of himself.” (pg 149). God doesn’t raise anybody up higher during their pilgrimage and merit instead through grace and love he enables the people to love him. This is the only reason by love on earth gives the most
They are known as “his birth in the womb of his Father in eternity, his birth in the womb of the Virgin in time, and his birth in the tomb to immortality” (pg 150). These births are accompanied by “wonders”, that are worthy of Jesus and worthy of his source and origin in these three different lives. His birth in divine and the uncreated life is a two-fold wonder. One is God engenders and the other is God engendered. In his birth in humans and incarnate life there is also a two-fold wonder. It is the virgin gives birth and the other God becomes incarnate. In his birth rather rebirth to the heavenly and glorious life, the tomb became the source of life and it showed how that place of death becomes the source of life with no end. The Three different births displayed the three types of holy, distinct and adorable lives that are expressed in the Word of life and in the Word expressed by the eternal Father. He says to himself and to his Son, “Today I have begotten you” (pg 150). Saint Paul, in the first chapter of the Hebrews uses these words by proving by the power and authority through the text that Jesus Christ belongs to the God the Father. Saint Paul applies these words to the resurrection of Jesus and describes it as the new type of birth of Jesus in immortality. The Son of God himself is the author. He is known to be the eternal Word of the father. The holy spirit dictates the word also