Nor did demons crucify him; it is you who have crucified him and crucify him still, when you delight in your vices and sins. 392
Catechism number 604
By giving up his own Son for our sins, God manifests that his plan for us is one of benevolent love, prior to any merit on our part: "In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins."408 God "shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us."409