E583 - Does Moses dare try to advise God?

Diminishing God's judgment, diminishes His grace also.  Minimizing God's wrath, minimizes what Jesus did in His great mercy and love for us.  

Christ's sacrifice on the cross didn't change the Father's view of sin; it changed His view of sinners.  

God values our faith and trust on a personal level; in other words, God doesn't see a lack of faith as merely a short-coming to try to work on, but a personal account of how we see Him and His goodness towards us. 

Intercession in the face of God's judgment, the Church's sacred role...