I find myself thinking that Jesus may well have been very beautiful (God’s second Adam – why wouldn’t he have been? Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Both our own sin and the sin that has been committed against us lead to shame and burdening and captivity and death. It strikes me that the Agnus Dei which we pray three times just before we receive the bread and wine – “Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” – fuses perfectly both these aspects of sin. Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us, and grant us peace.

Source: The Irish Times January 18, 2020 00:02 UTC