The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.

Christian marriage is marked by discipline and self-denial...C hristianity does not therefore depreciate marriage, it sanctifies it.

It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.

What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience.

In the gospels the very first step a man must take is an act which radically affects his whole existence.

The fact that we do not speak it but sing it only expresses the fact that our spoken words are inadequate to express what we want to say, that the burden of our song goes far beyond all human words.

What we are in ourselves, and what we owe to others makes us a complete whole.