Upon Seeing Michelangelo's Bandini Pieta

There is none that doeth good, no, not one,

Yet I have granted you My Grace and Power, that through Me you might do good.

All are born with sin, and are short of the glory of God,

Yet I have robed you in My Forgiveness, and hath made you holy in my sight.

All are condemned, to be sent to the fiery pits of weeping and gnashing of teeth,

Yet I have taken you under My Wings, that I might build you a Home in My Father’s Palace.

All are dead in trespasses and sin,

Yet I have died so you would be blameless.

You must repent, repent, repent!—

Yet I have been tempted as you, child, and the burden is not easy.

He died for you, obey Him!—

Obey me from love, and you shall have Eternal Life.*

My Body was not mangled, twisted, torn, and broken for men to scare My flock from My Staff. 

All things may rest unfinished. But never My Children.

Amen.