“What in paganism was sought after and sought in vain, what under the dominance of the Law was and is a fruitless effort — that the Gospel made possible. At the altar the Saviour stretches out His arms, precisely for that fugitive who would flee from the consciousness of his sin, flee from that which is worse than pursuit, namely, gnawing remorse; He stretches out His arms, He says, ‘Come hither,’ and the attitude of stretching out His arm is a way of saying, ‘Come hither,’ and of saying at the same time, ‘Love hides the multitude of sins.'”
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~Source: Two Discourses At The Communion On Fridays (1851)
Author: Søren Kierkegaard
The Kierkegaarden 