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   "Let the good thief show us the confidence we can have in pardon. He was   
   not good because he was a thief, since his cruelty led him to that. His   
   confession of guilt made him good. Think how incomprehensible is the mercy   
   of our all-powerful God! The thief was caught red-handed in his thievery   
   and hanged on a cross. There he confessed his guilt, there he was forgiven,   
   there he was found worthy to hear Jesus say to him'Today you will be with   
   me in paradise.' How can we begin to describe God's great goodness! How can   
   we begin to value it? From a criminal's punishment the thief came to the   
   prize for virtue."   
      
   St. Gregory the Great.   
      
   "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts   
   of   
    peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope."  Jeremiah 29:11   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)