"magna Dei propter salutem nostram benignitas pariter et pietas, ut non contentus quod nos sanguine suo redimeret adhunc pro nobis amplius et rogaret."
St. Cyprian, De dominica oratione 30. Latin from CSEL 3.1, p. 289, ll. 3-5. I was put onto this by the Office of readings for the Saturday of the 11th week in Ordinary time, Liturgy of the hours. But there are several other translations, too, including the following:
"Great alike is God's kindness and compassion for our salvation, so that, not content with having redeemed us with His blood, he in addition also prayed for us" (trans. Deferrari, FC 36, 153).
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