The Church is not a museum of saints,
but a hospital for sinners.
--Pope Francis
While we never bend the moral law to accommodate human weakness, we do confess faith in a God who bends down (descéndit de cælis) to meet the fallen sinner on the ground in order to love her into life, to heal her and raise her up. We have no need for God to canonize or condemn us, but to have compassion on us so we can carry on each day with hope.
I need this God.
Mercy is the most human aspect of our faith. It embraces our broken human condition and empowers us to rise from the ashes.
--Dr. Tom Neal
Image source: https://www.salt1065.com/stories/faith/2018/the-god-who-bends-down/
Source of both quotations
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