Who we are and what happened to us; where we are and how we got here. A reflection on the human person, the most amazing creature in the universe, who bears the imprint of God and is the only creature that uses the mysterious phenomenon of language. We have boundless yearnings, limitless desires and a thirst for the absolute, and yet are wounded by original sin, permanently off-balance and vulnerable to forces and tendencies that dehumanize us. In the past hundred years the world has experienced a succession of tragedies and events that have debilitated our humanity and left our culture in ruins. Reawakening our humanity and rediscovering Christ. Our current plight has left us with a vivid perception of the danger of losing ourselves. Jesus comes as the answer to the question that each of us is, the fulfillment of our longings, the remedy for our wounds and the way out of the ruins. The more deeply we are aware of our humanity, the more clearly we can recognize Christ as the only adequate response.