Quotes about Redemption

The Messiah has to fall as low as possible, otherwise he isn't the Messiah.

In souls, there is no illness caused by evilness [??? ??????] that is impossible to cure [???????? ????????????] for God the Logos, who is superior to all." (CC 8.72)

Christ reigns in order to save." (Hom. in Luc. 30)

I do not deny in the least that the rational nature will always keep its free will, but I declare that the power and effectiveness of Christ's cross and of his death, which he took upon himself toward the end of the aeons, are so great as to be enough to set right and save, not only the present and the future aeon, but also all the past ones, and not only this order of us humans, but also the heavenly orders and powers." (Comm. in Rom. 4.10)

In terms of distance, the prodigal's pigsty is the farthest point from home; in terms of time, the pigsty is the shortest distance to the father's house.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God.

Leave the broken, irreversible past in God's hands, and step out into the invincible future with Him.

Never be afraid when God brings back your past. Let your memory have its way with you. It is a minister of God bringing its rebuke and sorrow to you.

To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.

Humble yourself"--it is a humbling experience to knock at God's door--you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

The underlying foundation of the Christian faith is the undeserved, limitless miracle of the love of God that was exhibited on the Cross of Calvary; a love that is not earned and can never be.