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I know that in this world freedom is greatly loved and cherished
but however much this is so,
God our Lord has loved it even more.
For he has wanted to run the risk of creating us as free beings,
giving us the possibility of choosing between good and evil.
and He has respected this freedom of ours even though He knew that we were going to use it badly
and that it would be necessary for Christ to die for us
to open for us the gates of heaven.
So great is the value of freedom
that God did not hesitate to give it to us
knowing that
the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, the Word,
would have to become flesh, in Jesus Christ, to die on the Cross for us
and win heaven for us.