The Theology of Henri De Lubac Quotes

“In the order of absolute love, only the law of selflessness is valid; categories such as “rights, advantages, commutative justice” are quite out of place there.16”
― Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theology of Henri De Lubac

“the “call of God to love” and, instead of making demands himself, stands by his very essence under God’s demand inscribed in his nature; (3) finally, through reflection on the fact that the entire natural order stands “within” a supernatural order that realizes this ultimate intention of God, so that every natural demand by the creature upon God always comes too late and is reduced to silence by the grace already offered. (4) Everything converges in the (Pauline-Augustinian-Ignatian) thought that we are not created uniquely for our own beatitude but for the glorification of the God of grace and love: “Beatitude is service, vision is adoration, freedom is dependence, possession is ecstasy.”
― Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theology of Henri De Lubac