Cradle Before the Cross
Illustration★★★The death of Christ is a great mystery; but his birth is even a greater. That he should live a human life at all, is stranger than that, so living, he should die a human death. I can scarce get past his cradle in my wondering, to wonder at his cross. The infant Jesus is, in some views, a greater marvel than Jesus with the purple robe and the crown of thorns.
— Crichton
The point
Reflects that Christ's birth is an even greater mystery than his death, since living a full human life is stranger than a human death.
To tell aloud
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