No service in the Church or in the community transcends that given in the home.

Don't live so that your children go unled because of habits that leave you uninspired.

Everyone is tested. One might think it is unfair to be singled out and subjected to a particular temptation, but this is the purpose of mortal life—to be tested. And the answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.

Faith is the power, obedience the sacrifice, love the means, Christ the reason.

We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.

Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.

Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass.