The future and the hope for the middle class church lies in the renewal of its lifeblood, which is only possible if the church succeeds in winning the working class.

God has willed that we should seek and find God's living Word in the testimony of other Christians, in the mouths of human beings.

Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.

Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me. I can only move forward with certainty upon the firm ground of the Word of God. And, as a Christian, I learn to know the Holy Scriptures in no other way than by hearing the Word preached and by prayerful meditation.

Just as our love for God begins with listening to God's Word, the beginning of love for other Christians is learning to listen to them.

Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and whose work they should share. We should listen with the ears of God that we may speak the Word of God.

My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.