great need of human nature; and fourthly, the honor of his Father. These are the reasons for the coming of Christ our Bridegroom and for all that he did, whether exteriorly or interiorly. Now in order that we might follow Christ our Bridegroom in the practice of virtue as best we can, we should consider the mode or state of his interior life as well as the exterior works that he performed, namely, virtues and virtuous works. As regards the state of his interior life in respect to his divinity, that