My current fascination deals with the Christmas season that is approaching us: the level to which God had to humble Himself to willingly become human and be born of a woman.

I cannot imagine the extent to which God humbled Himself for us; its not equivalent to Bill Gates giving up his riches for a life on skid row. I do not even think that the word "humble" even does justice to the action of love and mercy it was committed under. Is there a word in our language to convey such deep meaning?

Our minds don't even seem to be capable of comprehending the act on the level to which it was performed, either.

Or for a similar comparison:
The courage and social daring undertaking Mary took on when she said yes to our Lord to bear His Son. First of all, she was Immaculate, pure, holy, and graceful. On top of that she called herself the handmaiden of the Lord, a statement of servitude that most of us are not willing to swallow our pride for. Imagine how alone in the world she must have felt to be an unwed virgin suddenly with child claiming that her unborn child is the Messiah! Or how uncertain she was as to whether Joseph would still take her as his wife?

Just something to ponder during this Holy Season.