“For his fault,—and therein lies the mystery. Before the Fall, man had to nourish himself exclusively on herbs and fruits. And the animals themselves, no matter what wisemen may say, had no need for other aliments. The text of Genesis is definite on these two points. The Fall came and dislocated that order, and we are still in the period of dislocation. Nothing is in its proper place.
“In punishment for that first crime, the plenitude of which is another absolutely impenetrable mystery, man was condemned to devouring the animals; and those among the animals that most resembled the guilty Leader who led them into his disgrace, those which are called, for that reason, beasts of prey, were condemned, by the same stroke, to eating other beasts, to eating man himself. Such is the human order substituted for the divine Order, in other words, the frightening disorder that makes you suffer and that can only be glimpsed by individuals such as yourself, rare species, take it from me.
“No one else but God could reestablish all that, and it is in this sense that King David, directly inspired, wrote: ‘Your judgments are a great abyss, Lord, you will save men and beasts.’ You who speak affectionately of the humble creatures who warm the infant Jesus, know that this same Jesus, the Son of God, was born expressly to die for them, as well as for us, and that it is the Holy Spirit who said that. But do not forget that the poor Jesus could only save creation ‘in expectation,’ as Saint Paul asserts; that his Sacrifice is not consummated; that he is still nailed to his Cross; that he continues, after nineteen centuries, to suffer with those who suffer; and that his Redemption cannot be fulfilled except by the coming of the Third Person through whom all must be ‘restituted.’”
—Léon Bloy, in a letter to Henry de Groux. (The Ungrateful Beggar, entry for December 3, 1894.)
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