“Jesus loves us not because we are good but because he is.”

“His mercy, not our merits, make[s] us his.”

“Jesus does not love any child (young or old) because the child is good. Jesus loves his children because he is good.”

“Because I am united to Christ, Gods love for me is not as variable as my loyalty to him. God will not love me more because I do better. He will not love me less because I stumble. His love is based...”

“Grace unfolds on every page [of Scripture]: Gods long march through the history of human rebellion and ruin to reach us with the love of his Son; the Saviors humble service, sinless life, sacrifici...”

“Grace is never out of view. Grace secures our relationship with God despite our sin. Grace maintains our forgiveness despite the inadequacies of our repentance. Grace filters the consequences of si...”

“The sins of women and children, domestic servants and the weak, the poor and the ignorant, are the sins of the husbands and fathers, the masters, the strong and the rich and the educated.”

“I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin.”

“Told often enough that they are the source of sin, women may well begin feeling guilty as they accept the necessity for penance. Taught effectively enough that they are irrelevant to the important ...”