Incarnation 

We were all humans until

     our appetites killed us

our egos disconnected us,

    our animals despised us,

Our earth loathed us – alas –

  our language dispersed us,

and politics divided us.
Our wealth classified us,

    our doctrines separated us

And our Race dehumanised us!

  Until God became human and brought us back to life.

On love

“The person who truly wishes to be healed is he who does not refuse treatment. This treatment consists of the pain and distress brought on by various misfortunes. He who refuses them does not realize what they accomplish in this world or what he will gain from them when he departs this life.”
~ St. Maximus the Confessor, Third Century on Love