Staying Close to Mary, Queen of Martyrs, Ever Transforms Us in the Love of Jesus
From the Servite magazine, “Queen of the Missions” (June-July 1955 Edition), and TV Scripts of “Behold Thy Mother” Studying the Mystery of the Incarnation Leads to Contemplation of the Cross and Jesus Crucified What is the greatest event in history? The Incarnation. That God became man is, as St. Bernard called it, “the affair of the centuries.” That a man should be God exhausts even divine power. Higher than that not even Almighty God could raise a man. And what is the supreme aspect of the Incarnation? The Passion, Crucifixion, and Death of this Incarnate God. In the last hours before the death of Jesus on the Cross are culminated all the supremacies of Christianity: Redemption, divine love, Holy Mass, the Sacred Heart, etc. Therefore, one cannot long study Jesus, or meditate upon Him, or love Him, without arriving at the Cross. All contemplation of Him comes to rest in
