This is what God’s mercy is: an unconditional gift of incalculable cost. It can only be embodied in history in human shape, in the shape of a life and a death seen and accepted as something entirely defined as God’s gift to all; a life which is a total offering both to God and to men and women, so total that human limitation becomes irrelevant. A human life like this is not just a matter of history, it is the abiding sign of God’s presence in the world.
Poetics of Prayer
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