For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8 . . . “It becomes truly amazing and divine that even when He despises what is in us yet He loves us. Actually, what He despises in us is the picture of things He has not created in us… He despises what He has not made in us and loved what He has created in us” St Augustine . . “Meditate upon the love of our Lord Jesus Christ who has been crucified for the sake of sinners and enemies; while no one would run to die even for the sake of a good person” St John Chrysostom