6 January 2021
On the Three Appearances
Behold peace, not
promised but present, not deferred but conferred, not prophesied but presented.
Behold, God the Father has sent to the earth, as it were, a sack filled with
his mercy, a sack that must be cut to pieces in the passion so that it can pour
out what is concealed in it for our ransom; a small sack, indeed, but stuffed
full. A child has been given us, but in him dwells the whole fullness of
divinity. He came in the flesh so that in this way he might be shown to those
made of flesh, and his the likeness of humanity so that his graciousness might
be recognized. When God's humanity becomes known, his graciousness can no
longer be concealed.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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