The Good News of the Incarnation
"Behold the Word of the Father, so worthy, so holy and glorious, whose coming the Most High Father announced from heaven in the womb of the holy and glorious Virgin Mary through his holy angel Gabriel! From the Virgin Mary's womb he received our human flesh and our frailty. 'Although he was rich' (2 Co 8:9) and was placed above all things, he nevertheless decided, together with the Most Blessed Virgin Mary his mother, to choose poverty in this world." --St. Francis, Letter to All the Faithful, Second Version
Jesus could have had anything his flesh wanted, but he remained faithful to his calling as the sacrificial lamb.
"Behold the Word of the Father, so worthy, so holy and glorious, whose coming the Most High Father announced from heaven in the womb of the holy and glorious Virgin Mary through his holy angel Gabriel! From the Virgin Mary's womb he received our human flesh and our frailty. 'Although he was rich' (2 Co 8:9) and was placed above all things, he nevertheless decided, together with the Most Blessed Virgin Mary his mother, to choose poverty in this world." --St. Francis, Letter to All the Faithful, Second Version
Jesus could have had anything his flesh wanted, but he remained faithful to his calling as the sacrificial lamb.
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