"Let us look with profound gratitude at that sublime mystery which attracted the Heart of Jesus to his creatures with such force; let us look at the great condescension with which He put on our own flesh to live the miserable life of this earth in our midst; let us muster up all the forces of our intellect to consider worthily the tenacious fervor and hardship of his apostolate, to recall the horrors of his passion and martyrdom and adore his Blood...royally offered to the last drop for the redemption of mankind; then with humble faith and the same ardent love with which He surrounds and pursues our souls, let us bow our impure foreheads at his feet."  St. Pio of Pietrelcina