The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a life of uncompromising discipleship, following Christ according to the sermon on the mount. I believe the time has come to gather people together to do this.

No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.

When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.

Advent creates people, new people.

Each morning is a new beginning of our life. Each day is a finished whole. The present day marks the boundary of our cares and concerns. It is long enough to find God or lose Him, to keep faith or fall into disgrace.

Time is lost when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering.

Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words.