“What
is Jesus' life, but a series of acts of humility? It is one of
continual humiliation, active and passive. He loved humility to such
an extent that he never left it while on earth. Not only did he love
it during his life, but after his precious death he left an
imperishable memorial of the humiliations of his divine person in the
crucifix, appearing on it as a criminal attached to an ignominious
cross.” (18 April 1659; SV XII, 200)
