The ancient spiritual tradition is that God gives himself fully to us in silence and solitude.

Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast...and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.

Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my life. He said, "The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything." Never to be afraid of anything, even death, which, after all, is but that final breakthrough into the open, waiting, outstretched arms of Abba.

God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.

On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.

The first step in faith is to stop thinking about God at the time of prayer.-

I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.