V. Let us become like Christ, since Christ
became like us. Let us become God’s for His sake, since He
for ours became Man. He assumed the worse that He might give us
the better; He became poor that we through His poverty might be
rich; 2 Cor. viii. 9. He took upon Him the form of a servant that
we might receive back our liberty; He came down that we might be
exalted; He was tempted that we might conquer; He was dishonoured that
He might glorify us; He died that He might save us; He ascended that He
might draw to Himself us, who were lying low in the Fall of sin.
Let us give all, offer all, to Him Who gave Himself a
Ransom and a Reconciliation for us. But one can give nothing like
oneself, understanding the Mystery, and becoming for His sake all that
He became for ours.