God’s love is the greatest because of the condition of the person loved, for it is man who is the object of God's love, the worldly man living in sin. St. Thomas Aquinas [Where is our gratitude?]
“The truth hurts sometimes. If we are going to be taught by God, the fisherman, we first need to be captured by Him. And His hook is going to have a bite. Of course, it's going to hurt.” - Father Donald Calloway, MIC