Christ

All things, all history converge in Christ. A man of sorrow and hope, he knows us and loves us. As our friend, he stays by us throughout our lives, at the end of time he will come to be our judge; but we also know that he will be the complete fulfillment of our lives and our great happiness for all eternity.

I can never cease to speak of Christ for he is our truth and our light, he is the way, the truth, and the life. He is our bread, our source of living water who allays our hunger and satisfies our thirst. He is our shepherd, our leader, our ideal, our comforter and our brother.

He is like us but more perfectly human, simple, poor, humble, and yet, while burdened with work, he is more patient. He spoke on our behalf, he worked miracles, and he founded a new kingdom; in it the poor are happy, peace is the foundation of a life in common; where the pure of heart and those who mourn are uplifted and comforted; the hungry find justice; sinners are forgiven, and all discover that they are brothers.

He is the mediator —the bridge, if you will— between heaven and earth. Above all, he is the son of man, more perfect than any man, being also the Son of God, eternal and infinite. He is the son of Mary his mother on earth, more blessed than any woman. She is also our mother in the spiritual communion of the mystical body.

--From a homily by Pope Paul VI