“It’s a Mystery” Doesn’t Mean You Stop Thinking about It

A fitting thought, with Advent almost here….

“Insert yourself into this private matter, between both the One Unbegotten God and the One Only-begotten God!

“Dive into the hidden place of this unimaginable Nativity!

“Start out, run forward, keep going!

“Even though I know you won’t get there, I will congratulate you for what you will accomplish. For he who pursues the Infinite One with dutiful tenderness, even if he never catches up to Him, still will profit from having gone out after Him.”

“….insere te in hoc secretum, et inter unum ingenitum Deum, et unum unigenitum Deum, arcano te inopinabilis nativitatis immerge.

“Incipe, procurre, persiste:

“etsi non perventurum sciam, tamen gratulabor profecturum. Qui enim pie infinita persequitur, etsi non contingat aliquando, tamen proficiet prodeundo.”

St. Hilary of Poitiers, De Trinitate, lib. II, c. 10.

“Incipe, procurre, persiste!” seems like a great motto.