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“In a poem by W. H. Auden, the angel Gabriel says to Mary: “… child, it lies / Within your power of choosing to / Conceive the Child who chooses you.”

Wow.

Blaise Pascal: “Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness.”