what is human?

“He was born in a new condition, for, invisible in his own nature, he became visible in ours. Beyond our grasp, he chose to come within our grasp. Existing before time began, he began to exist at a moment in time. Lord of the universe, he hid his infinite glory and took the nature of a servant. Incapable of suffering as God, he did not refuse to be a man, capable of suffering. Immortal, he chose to be subject to the laws of death.”
--From a letter by Saint Leo the Great, pope

Our omnipotent God, who does not need us, became one of us so that we may be renewed for our faults. What more can you say? THAT IS LOVE!! Just look at a Crucifix—that is the best expression of love that we have. For, “no greater love does one have than to give his life for a brother.”

Through the Passion and Resurrection, we find what it means to truly become human. If you wish to become human, you must first empty yourself, for it is then that you can truly love. And the love you will feel is not an ordinary love, it’s not the love you will see the world give. Rather, it is a love (eros) centered on God, so that it may be united with his love (agape). And what greater love can one experience than the love of the omnipotent God?