What dignity is man? The child? That our Lord God would take the form of an infant as I once was. What dignity is the mother? The mother who cares for a child as Mary did Jesus, as my mother did my Lord.
God, you were fully man.
I often wonder about all of those miracles you performed on Earth while a man. Sometimes, like the bad thief, I wonder why did you not take away the cup of The Father that brought about the suffering with your love. Why not use your God power to save yourself?
Then, I realize, God, you performed miracles by your faith. I am man as you were man. While on Earth, yes you were fully God. You were also fully man. The miracles you performed, feeding the masses with but a few loafs of bread, catching of many fish from the sea, quieting the storm, curing the blind, the leper, the sick, raising Lazarus from the dead, and your very own resurrection, my God, it was by the power of your faith and not by the supernatural that you did these things.
I too am fully man. You gave me the gift of faith at my baptism. My good God, give me faith as strong as yours that I too may rise from the dead, may feed the many poor, may cure ills of my enemies and may go through great sufferings with the trust in God The Father that I should do His holy will and be grateful.
Make me what you once were, fully man and by virtue of the grace of God and gifts of baptism, knowledge of my dignity as a child of God and worthy of heaven and all its fruits of life.
My God, give me your unshakeable faith.
The Lamp Stand 