I do not desire the death of a sinner, but that he should return and live.
Sermon on the Prodigal Son
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am not more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.