“Moses and Cain each hid his face from God. Moses hid his face because he could not bear to look upon such goodness; Cain hid his face because he could not bear to have Divine Goodness look at him. The sinner cannot bear to have the eyes of God upon him for he does not want to know how wicked he is. But God cannot change his nature to make up for our perversity; it is the ego that must change its ways. If an egotist really understood the psychology of the human mind, he would never be heard to say that God is wrathful-for such a statement publishes his sinfulness. As a brown-colored glass can make the water in it seem brown, although it is not, so the Love that waits for us, passing through our sinful lives, may seem like wrath and anger. A change in our behavior removes all the unhealthy fear of God.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Lift Up Your Heart)
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