Passover and Preparation

In light of today being Passover as we prepare to remember and celebrate the pain our Savior endured on behalf of the Ultimate Work of Beauty, I wanted to share this quote that we read together at church last week. It has such beautiful irony and awe, may your heart be filled today:

The Maker of man was made man, that the Ruler of the stars might suck at the breast; that the Bread might be hungered; the Fountain, thirst; the Light, sleep; the Way, be wearied by the journey; the Truth, be accused by false witnesses; the Judge of the living and the dead, be judged by a mortal judge; the Chastener, be chastised by whips; the Vine, be crowned with thorns; the Fountain, be hung upon the tree; Strength, be made weak; Health, be wounded; life, die. To suffer these and suchlike things, undeserved things, that He might free the undeserving, for neither did He deserve any evil, who for our sakes endured so many evils, no were we deserving of anything good, we who through Him received such good.

-Augustine of Hippo, from “Confessions”