"God is not simply the bottomless abyss or infinite height that sustains
all things but never itself enters the sphere of the finite. God is not
simply infinite distance; he is also infinite nearness. The human person
can confide in him and speak to him: He sees and hears and love. Although
he is not within time, he has time: even for me...What of the insight into
man? Human beings are such that they cannot stand the person who is wholly
good, truly upright, truly loving, the person who does evil to no one. It
seems that in this world only momentarily is trust met with trust, justice
with justice, love with love. The person who exemplifies all these virtues
quickly becomes insupportable with others. People will crucify anyone who
is really and fully human. Such is man. And such am I-that is the
terrifying insight that comes to me from the crucified Christ." (from
Dogma and Preaching)