shows them in response his own lowly Heart. The passage has no meaning unless we take very seriously, not so much Jesus’ fondness for the child, but above all Jesus’ total self-identification with the despised child as a revelation of the interior being of the divine Word. א ἐὰν μὴ στραφῆτε καὶ γένησθε ὡς τὰ παιδία unless you turn and become like children THE CALL TO TURN AND “become like children” and, in a moment, the exhortation to “humble oneself” make it clear that Jesus is not