Into the ancient Holy LandBehold, the Son of God is come to Man.Hic est enim calix sanguinis mei
In innocence fall all heroes and their creedsAn age is done, an age from here proceeds.Qui pro vobis et pro multis effendetur
In remissionem peccatorumWhat consuming pagan fires could not do:A covenant of love and Word made flesh, in you.Hoc est enim Corpus MeumSleep swells His breast, though heavy pressed,By Golgotha, and Adam's sin,and the hopes of he who signs his name herein.Joyous Christmas,Jesse
"'Gnosis’ was an enormous temptation in the early Christian Church. What made it so insidious was that the Gnostics did not want to leave the Church. Instead, they claimed to be offering a superior and more authentic exposition of Holy Scripture, though, of course, this was only for the ‘superior souls’. It encouraged not only an excited craving for higher initiation, but an almost unbounded arrogance in those who had moved from mere ‘faith’ to enlightened ‘knowledge'." Hans Urs Von Balthazar

