Count Stefano Rivetti and Master Bruno Innocenti had frequent and fruitful exchanges of ideas about the meaning that the statue was meant to convey.

Stefano Rivetti, moreover, had clear concepts and values that the monument had to embody: love, faith, and hope.

These ideals and virtues were to be symbolized by the sculpture and should be infused into its material realization.

The statue, observed from a great distance, was meant to appear facing the sea but, in fact, it looks towards the inland, the basilica, and turns towards humanity because:
“God became man for us.”

The absence of a pedestal because:
“Jesus came among us with humility to be with us and with us.”

Bare feet on the earth and stones because:
“Jesus came poor but shows us the way.”

Arms wide open in a broad gesture of invocation to the heavens because:
“Christ, in His infinite mercy, unites us with God Almighty.”

The young, serene face, free from suffering and timeless:
“Jesus is the Resurrection.”

Finally, in the intent of its creator and patron, the monument, in that location and position, is meant to represent the rebirth of Maratea and the South, which he loved so much.