The prophecies
are fulfilled in this marvelous life of the Church. The holiness, unity, and unconquered
stability of the Church not only cannot be explained through natural causes
but, indeed, were announced as a divine work by the ancient prophecies as well
as by Christ himself.
The prophets foretold the universal
propagation of the kingdom of God through Israel—that is, that the God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was to reign over the whole earth. Isaiah had said: “Arise,
be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord
is risen upon thee. . . . And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings
in the brightness of thy rising” (Isa 60:1-3, DR; see isa 2:2-5; 18:7;
19:23-25; 23:15-18; 42:6-7; . . . ) (Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange, On Divine
Revelation: The Teaching of the Catholic Faith, 2 vols. [trans. Matthew K.
Minerd; Steubenville, Ohio: Emmaus Academic, 2022], 2:429-30)