“The Lord was born in a cave to show that the whole world is one dark cave, which He alone can illumine. The Lord was born in Bethlehem— and Bethlehem means “the House of Bread”— to show that He is the only Bread of Life worthy of true men.”
(Saint Nikolai Velimirovic in ‘The Prologue’)

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