For translation use subtitles by buttton ‘CC’ and Settings to change language – Voice: Father Elias Leyds c.s.j. (1958-2024)
Thoughts F.Elias Leyds c.s.j. (1): The mystery of god’s Gift, the unity of the Mother and her son. The singular medium of the holy Spirit.
April 3rd 2020 – Father Elias Leyds C.S.J. reflects in the holy week on the Apocalypse
What secret does the son of men reveal by dying? What truth of devine wisdom does he enthrust to us, as he has returned to God his Father, and leaves us only with the silence of death speaking to us?
The body of Christ
What revelation are we to see in an unreal corpse, that is transparency to a light that we cannot see? What does the body of Christ transpire to us?
Our Lady
Who is our lady and what has she perceived in the immaculate light of her faith? She has seen how Jezus her son has destroyed, the ugliness of death, by dying on the cross before her eyes?
Eternal Wisdom
What is the truth, above all science, men can understand?
The Holy Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist gives us the end of all things: the eternal immaculate conception of God’s word, united to its perfect likeness in creation our lady, the immaculate conception.
God is Gift, Divine Gift
Last but not least: God is Gift. Listen for example now to the implicit message of our Lady to Russia to accept the dogma of the Filioque, the holy Trinity.
“I shall come to ask for the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart…If people attend to My requests, Russia will be converted and the world will have peace.” (Lady of Fatima July 13th 1917)
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Transcript of spoken text by late father Elias Leyds (1958-2024) (See video)
Before the Holy week, before Good Friday, yes, even before White Thursday and the night of the Holy Eucharist, we can prepare ourselves for the mystery to be given to us, once more.
For in all trials we may renew our soul’s longing for God and be prepared for his ever new response.
The image of the Pieta belongs to us. It is part of the finest tradition of our church, and it is also the image, Satan hates the most. Before the Pieta, the sneaky snake loses control and becomes an angry dragon of seven heads, whose plots lead to chaos, but above all, to his own downfall.
The Pieta signifies the mystery of God’s gift between the immaculate soul of our lady and the inanimate body of the Lord, exists a unity that no living soul can fathom.
It is an ultimate communion, and we can share in that communion, for it is the singular medium of the Holy Spirit who is Divine Gift.
What can it possibly mean? The dead body of the divine person. What does the eternal word say to us when he who has life in himself allows his body and soul to be separated and to be marked forever by death. What secret does the divine son of man unseal by dying? What truth of divine wisdom does he entrust to us, as he has returned to God his father, and leaves us only with the silence of death speaking to us.
What revelation are we to see in an unreal corpse that is transparency to a light that we cannot see? And who is our lady, and what has she perceived in the immaculate light of her faith? She has seen how Jesus, her son, has destroyed the ugliness of death by dying on the cross before her eyes. Then by receiving into her arms, the body of the one she once received in her womb, she touched in her heart by her faith, the eternal light that is contained in the body that her son left behind. It is a light that is to be given to souls who believe in his name. Like she believed the name of whom she’s now seeing, in this day, in eternity, face to face.
Thus, our lady has become the beauty of the new world, a universe which does not correspond to any new order, but to the most ancient order of divine wisdom.
The first and ultimate order, which will never grow old. Our ladies’ immaculacy, reflects the divine glory that her son had before the existence of the world, and before the existence of the angelic orders.
The body of Jesus. As it briefly resides in death, becomes forever the masterpiece of his redeeming labor. It signifies the truth that is above all signs. Men can understand. The ultimate meaning given by God to all things created and to all souls redeemed. Namely that God is Gift.
This is the immaculate masterpiece that Jesus has accomplished, as he saw what the father had accomplished in his mother’s soul, from her beginning, from her immaculate conception onwards, her singular grace, the complete gift of himself, is the answer to everything that he has received. From her pure love and self-giving, and ultimately his totally surrendered body, is the final answer to her immaculate conception and the perfect likeness of her immaculate heart.
Now, as the son of man returns to the father, the mother of God offers herself. In immaculate thanksgiving to the Almighty, whose promises she will not doubt. Thus, like Father and son are eternally, one in breathing, the Holy Spirit, our Lord, and our Lady, our one in communicating that Holy Spirit.
Their fruitful oneness is contained and entrusted to us in the Holy Eucharist. The body of Christ, our Lord given as bread to us by Him, who is himself bread of life given to us by the Father.
Both our Lord and our Lady are now one single transparency, to the glory of the Heavenly Father. Their mutual giving bears witness to the unique singular origin, the giver of all giving, the source of all sources, the beginning of all beginnings to the Heavenly Father. The Holy Eucharist gives us the end of all things, the eternal, immaculate conception of God’s word.
United to its perfect likeness in creation, our lady, the Immaculate Conception, they are united in one Immaculacy of charity, that is to be fruitful in us. And through the purity of our faith, the Eucharist is to become ever more transparent for us to all mysteries of God’s wisdom.
That we may know an imperishable joy.
Notes Editorial (supported by Artificial Intelligence)
See following insightful key hemes that transpire through this text of late father Elias:
Holy Week – The significance of Holy Week, Good Friday, and related observances.
Pieta – The role and symbolism of the Pieta in Christian tradition.
Divine Mystery – Exploring the mystery of God, death, and resurrection.
Immaculate Conception – The importance of Mary’s purity and her role in salvation.
Communion – The concept of communion through the Holy Eucharist.
Faith and Spiritual Growth – The role of faith in understanding divine truths.
Divine Gift – The theme of God as a gift and the significance of God’s grace.
Redemption and Transformation – Understanding death through the lens of redemption.
Eternal Wisdom – The insights gained from faith and the mysteries of God.
Unity of Christ and Mary – The relationship and connection between Jesus and His mother, Mary.
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