"Jesus was never off the Cross! As the atom reflects the solar system, so Bethlehem was the cameo of Calvary. Once elderly Simeon spoke of His Death Mary saw the shadow of nails in the Child’s Hands. As un-suffering Christ would be a Professor of Ethics, the three temptations were three short-cuts from the Cross 
“Feed the Hungry” – Be a sociological Christ.
“Do breath-taking wonders” - be a scientific Christ.
“Be a social revolutionist” – Be a communist Christ.
So long as men wear scars the imprints of a night forever past will trumpet: My pain! My scars! My Death!" Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Lenten & Easter Inspirations)