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"Our earthly life has its temporal framework, and so we can get through it. We could not bear it for eternity. But what then? We do not want death, and life as we know it we do not want forever. Is man a contradiction himself, a mistake of nature?"

Now I understand why Christ is shown among an ox and an ass in Christmas images.

Beautiful. If you have never read Father Ratzinger, (and you have an interest in sacred art) read this little book. He writes in a way that I think reveals his character and emotions that his public persona never has or could.