providence, and of the things under His providential care, since the recapitulation of the things created by God is God Himself. This is the mystery which circumscribes all the ages, and which reveals the grand plan of God,12 a super-infinite plan infinitely pre-existing the ages an infinite number of times.13 The essential Word of God became a messenger of this plan14 when He became man, and, if I may rightly say so, revealed Himself as the innermost depth of the Father’s goodness while also displaying