“I am your God, I have moulded you with my own hands, and I love you with a love that has no limits. Do not run away but come back to me––not once, not twice, but always. You are my child. Please do not say that I have given up on you, that I cannot stand you anymore, that there is no way back. It is not true. I so much want you to be with me, to be close to me. I know all your thoughts, hear all your words, see all of your actions. And I love you because you are beautiful, made in my own image, an expression of my most intimate love. Do not judge or condemn yourself. Do not reject yourself. Let my love touch the deepest, most hidden corners of your heart and reveal to you your own beauty, a beauty that you have lost sight of, but which will become visible to you again in the light of my mercy. Come, come, let me wipe your tears, and let my mouth come close to your ear and say to you, ‘I love you'".
- Fr Henri Nouwen