Adam’s Sin & Mystery of Redemption - St. Catherine of Siena ~ God the Eternal Father speaking.
'And as I have told you many times, I wanted to make it possible for you to reach this goal. Heaven had been closed because of Adam's sin. He did not know his own dignity, considering with what ineffable love and providence I had created him. So he fell into disobedience, and from disobedience into impurity, because of pride and his desire to please a woman. For he was so concerned about pleasing and bowing to his companion, even though he did not believe what she said, that he consented to disobey My command rather than offend her. And this disobedience has been and is the source of all the evils that have come after it. All of you have been infected with this venom. (Later I shall tell you how dangerous this disobedience is so as to recommend obedience to you.) So, to take away this death, dearest daughter, I gave humankind the Word, My only-begotten Son, thus providing for your need with great prudence and providence. I say "with prudence" because with the bait of your humanity and the hook of My divinity I caught the devil, who could not recognize My Truth. This Truth, the incarnate Word, came to destroy and put an end to his lie, which he had used to deceive humankind.'
Opening the Gates of Heaven:
'Just think, dearest daughter! I could have used no greater prudence and providence than to give you the Word, My only-begotten Son. On Him I imposed a great obedience in order to draw out the venom that through disobedience had befallen the human race. Thus He, in love as He was and truly obedient, ran to His shameful death on the most holy Cross, and by His death gave you life, not by the power of humanity but by the power of My Godhead. For I in My providence had joined My Godhead, the divine nature, with your human nature to make satisfaction for the sin that had been committed against Me, infinite Goodness. That sin demanded infinite satisfaction. In order to make satisfaction to Me (because I am infinite), and for past, present, and future humanity, human nature, which had sinned and was finite had to be united with something infinite. Now no matter how greatly people sin they can find perfect satisfaction if they are willing to return to Me during their lifetime, because you have received perfect satisfaction through that union of My Godhead with your humanity. This was the work of My providence, that through a finite deed (for the Word's suffering on the Cross was finite) you have received infinite fruit by the power of the Godhead.'
