and thankfully allowing himself to be poured forth by the Father, a response that is made in absolute spontaneity and in absolute “obedience” to the Father (and “obedience” here means the readiness to respond and correspond to the Father). Both take place in a generous, eucharistic availability [Gelöstheit] that matches the limitless proportions of the divine nature. The creature’s No is merely a twisted knot within the Son’s pouring-forth; it is left behind by the current of love. We can indeed