What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God. Auteur: Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Quote More from Hans Urs von Balthasar “To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult li…” “God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that…” “It would be unjust toward children to introduce them to Christian teaching and …” “Mary thus learns that the Most High has ever borne a Son in his bosom, and that…”