The mold analogy really striked a chord with me. Its interesting how Garrigou-Lagrange contrasts the sculptor's approach with the mold approach to forming Christ in us. The idea that we must first be melted down and destroy the old Adam before being cast in Mary's mold is quite profound.
Indeed. That melting down and destruction is the purpose of the first two periods of St Louis's preparation - and the first week of the Spiritual Exercises. This is why we are drawing on the latter for those two periods, as well as the rest of it which fits nicely too.
The mold analogy really striked a chord with me. Its interesting how Garrigou-Lagrange contrasts the sculptor's approach with the mold approach to forming Christ in us. The idea that we must first be melted down and destroy the old Adam before being cast in Mary's mold is quite profound.
Indeed. That melting down and destruction is the purpose of the first two periods of St Louis's preparation - and the first week of the Spiritual Exercises. This is why we are drawing on the latter for those two periods, as well as the rest of it which fits nicely too.