John Chrysostom, on Isa 57:18

“I saw his ways, and I healed him, and brought him back, and restored comforts to him, and to them that mourn for him.”

“For such is the loving-kindness of God; he never turns his face away from a sincere repentance, but if any one has pushed on to the very extremity of wickedness and chooses to return afterwards toward the path of virtue, God accepts and welcomes and does everything so as to restore him to his former position.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.