“He who is more fair than all the sons of men offered his fair face to be spat upon by sinful men; he allowed those eyes that rule the universe to be blindfolded by wicked men; he bared his back to the scourges; he submitted that head which strikes terror in principalities and powers to the sharpness of the thorns; he gave himself up to be mocked and reviled, and at the end enduring the cross, the nails, the lance, the gall, the vinegar, remaining always gentle, meek, and full of peace.” (St. Aelred)