To be human is to be fundamentally a gift, for each and every human being bears in a unique manner the imprint of the God who created them in freedom and love. Nowhere is the character of that gift more apparent than in our own human capacity for freedom and love, not simply in terms of our earthly relationships but also in our openness to perfect fulfillment in union with the God whose likeness we bear. Such fulfillment has been made possible for us by Jesus Christ.
JOE EGAN The Godless Delusion (Peter Lang, 2009)
