A theology that ends in lovelessness cannot be Christian.”

Thomas Merton

Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

To divide men arbitrarily according to their conformity to our own limited disincarnate mental Christ, and to decide on this basis that most men are ‘anti-Christ’ - this shows up our theology. At such a moment, we have to question not mankind, but our theology…

You are not forgiven because you confess your sin...You do not come to confession to have your sins forgiven. You come to celebrate that your sins are forgiven”

Herbert McCabe

God never changes his mind about you. He is simply in love with you. What he does again and again is change your mind about him. That is why you are sorry. That is what your forgiveness is…