emptied himself, and for love of us became a man and walked this earth. He loved us more than himself and his own life, when he willingly handed himself over to be crucified so that in his death we might be saved from sin and darkness. He embraced the cross so that we might discover that in our “passion,” too, we will find the new life of glory welling up in our souls. Finally, Saint Paul tells us that Jesus did not cling to equality with God but poured himself out completely in becoming the son