Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was "one of the children of the year," growing through rest, secret in his mothers womb, receiving the warmth of the sun through her, living the life of dependence, helplessness, littleness, darkness, and silence which, by a mystery of the Eternal Law, is the life of natural growth.


A Child in Winter: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany with Caryll Houselander (ed. 2000)

Caryll Houselander Quotes

Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was one of the children of the year, growing through...

Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was one of the children of the year, growing through...

Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was one of the children of the year, growing through...

Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was one of the children of the year, growing through...