The virgin shall be with child and give birth to a son, and they shall call him Emmanuel.  Matthew 1:23

 

The Son of God has made himself little, in order to make us great; he has given himself to us, in order that we may give ourselves to him; he is come to show us his love, in order that we may respond to it by giving him ours.  Let us, therefore, receive him with affection; let us love him, and have recourse to him in all our necessities.  Saint Alphonsus Liguori  "The Incarnation, Birth, and Infancy of Jesus Christ"