God turns toward the very places from which humans turn away.

God is not free from human beings but for them.

All are called to be what in the reality of God they are already.

Where a people prays, there is the church; and where the church is; there is never loneliness.

Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.

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

Disciples will not be weakened by suffering, worn down, and embittered until they are broken. Instead, they bear suffering, by the power of him who supports them. The disciples bear the suffering laid on them only by the power of him who bears all suffering on the cross. As bearers of suffering, they stand in communion with the Crucified.