"Our justification from unrighteousness is so monumental that we can easily say God demonstrated more of his power in justifying us than in creating the heavens and the earth out of nothing. There is a bigger contrast between a sinner and grace than there is between nothingness and being. There is more distance between a sinner and God than there is between nothingness and God. In fact, nothingness, being the deprivation of being, has no power to resist God's will, whereas a sinner, a being with a free will, can resist all of God's wishes. In addition, creation belongs to the natural order of things, whereas the justification of the ungodly belongs to the supernatural and divine order.

Oh! If only everyone could understand the depth of the wretchedness and degradation from which God's omnipotent hand has rescued us. Oh! If we could fully comprehend only for an instant the new status to which God's grace has raised us, which still amazes angels! he has raised us to the status of being nothing less than his sons and daughters now destined to reign with his Son for all eternity!"

-St. Pio of Pietrelcina