There is a Latin saying...
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There is a Latin saying carved into the wall of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. This is the church supposedly built on the very spot where Mary had that visitation from the angel, who announced to her she was with child. Verbum camo factum est, it says on the wall -- "the Word was made flesh." But there's one other word carved into that same wall that doesn't occur in the Gospel of John: the little word, hic, which means "here." To claim "the Word was made flesh" is one thing; but to say the Word was made flesh here -- or anywhere in particular -- is quite another.
This is, as Romans describes it, a mystery. Albert Einstein wrote concerning mystery in a book titled, The World as I See It: "The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion, which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead; a snuffed-out candle."
This is, as Romans describes it, a mystery. Albert Einstein wrote concerning mystery in a book titled, The World as I See It: "The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion, which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead; a snuffed-out candle."
