We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth. There God dealt with us, and there he still deals with us, our needs and our sins, in judgment and grace.

Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.

Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.

And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which hinders us from loving God above all things and acts as a barrier between ourselves and our obedience to Jesus is our treasure, and the place where our heart is.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.