A saint is a man as any other man. But he has emptied himself and has invited the Spirit to occupy his place. And it is the Holy Spirit that is holy.

(Locution to Gabriela Bossis, God's Spiritual Direction (Messages from Heaven). Transl. Fr Adolf Faroni, SDB. Manila: Don Bosco Press, 2000, pp 109-110)

"Christ Jesus, ... though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself" (Phil 2:5-8). But Jesus Christ did not only renounce his divine rights, but also his rights as a man: the right to a fair trial, the right to respect, the right to personal dignity, the right to property (even his clothes were taken away from him), the right to innocent life....