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What is this new mystery which concerns me? I am small and great, lowly and exalted, mortal and immortal, earthly and heavenly. I share one condition with the lower world, the other with God; one with the flesh, the other with the spirit. I must be buried with Christ, arise with... Read More →

Anna [the Prophetess] declared his Good News and Simeon [the Elder] took him in his arms. They worshiped the mighty God in the small child. They did not despise him because of his outer appearance, rather, they glorified the greatness of his divinity. As light coming through... Read More →

How shall man pass into God, unless God has first passed into man? And how shall men escape from the generation subject to death, if not by means of a new generation through faith in that generation given in a wonderful manner by God, as a sign of salvation (Isaiah 7:14), I mean... Read More →

The Word took to himself the sons of Abraham, says the apostle, and so had to be like his brothers in all things. He had then to take a body like ours. This explains the fact of Mary’s presence: she is to provide him with a body of his own, to be offered for our sake. Scripture... Read More →

A virgin conceived, bore a son, and yet remained a virgin. This is no common occurrence, but a sign; no reason here, but God’s power, for he is the cause, rather than nature. It is a special event, not shared by others; it is divine, not human. Christ’s birth was not necessity,... Read More →