Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). The moral excellence of Jesus Christ still draws man away from the shoddiness of sin. As in the case of the Prodigal Son, the memory of a better life and the hope of reconciliation continue to call us back to God. Sin is willful rebellion against what we know in our deepest self to be the right and honorable course of life. 4 It is not immediately clear how through these, that is, through “his own glory and goodness,” he has given us his very great and