First Sunday in Advent

This is the wonderful exchange which, out of his measureless benevolence, he has made with us; 

that, becoming Son of man with us,
     he has made us sons of God with him; 

that, by his descent to earth,
     he has prepared an ascent to heaven for us; 

that, by taking on our mortality,
     he has conferred his immortality upon us; 

that, accepting our weakness,
     he has strengthened us by his power; 

that, receiving our poverty unto himself,
     he has transferred his wealth to us; 

that, taking the weight of our iniquity upon himself (which oppressed us),
     he has clothed us with his righteousness.

John Calvin

Institutes 4.17.2