From the Stable to the Cross

(St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - aka Edith Stein - found here)

“The Christian mysteries are an indivisible whole. If we become immersed in one, we are led to all the others. Thus, the way from Bethlehem leads inevitably to Golgotha, from the crib to the cross. When the virgin brought the child to the temple, Simeon prophesied that her soul would be pierced by a sword, that this child was set for the fall and resurrection of many, for a sign that would not be contradicted. His prophecy announced the passion, the fight between light and darkness, that already showed itself before the crib.”

~St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross