The Jesus who is both divine and human is
the Jesus who is evangelically compelling.
If he is only divine, then he doesn’t touch us; if he is only human,
then he can’t save us. His splendor
consists in the coming together of the two natures, without mixing, mingling,
or confusion.
--Bishop Robert
Barron,
Lenten Gospel
Reflection,
February 25, 2018
A note on the statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague, now located in the Carmelite Church of Our Lady of Victory in the Czech Republic: The original
statue stands nineteen inches tall. The child’s right hand is extended in
blessing with its first two fingers raised to symbolize the two natures of
Christ, human and divine; the left hand holds a small globe topped with a
cross, a reference to the kingship of the child Christ.
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