The eyes of Christian love are full of faith and of faith's contemplation; they have a luminosity which discovers and lights up a supernatural depth in whatever and whomsoever they fasten upon: this sinner, this unattractive and insignificant person, this avowed opponent of the Church and of Jesus Christ is in reality my brother; Jesus has borne his sins just as he has borne mine (which means that there can be no accusations on either side); his unpleasant characteristics are a burden he is obliged, willy-nilly, to drag around with him, and although I cannot see it, this burden has some connection, through God's grace, with a total burden which weighs on the shoulders of Jesus Christ.
HANS URS VON BALTHASAR Prayer
