To love is to be vulnerable.

One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity, terrible as an army with banners. That, I confess, is a spectacle which makes our boldest tempters uneasy. But fortunately it is quite invisible to these humans.

As long as he doesn't convert it into action, it does not matter how much a man thinks about his repentance.

Since I am I, I must make an act of self-surrender, however small or however easy, in living to God rather than to my self.

If and when a horror turns up you will then be given Grace to help you. I don't think one is usually given it in advance. "Give us our daily bread" (not an annuity for life) applies to spiritual gifts too; the little daily support for the daily trial. Life has to be taken day by day and hour by hour.

If God thinks this state of war in the universe a price worth paying for free will...then we may take it it is worth paying.

If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.