Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.

If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us?

But the Christian also knows that he not only cannot and dare not be anxious, but that there is no need for him to be so. Neither anxiety now work can secure his daily bread, for bread is the gift of the Father.

Sometimes we just need a firm kick in the pants. An unsmiling expectation that if we mean all these wonderful things we talk about and sing about, then let’s see something to prove it.

Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free

It is the voice of the Church that is heard in singing together. It is not you that sings, it is the Church that is singing, and you, as a member of the Church, may share in its song.

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.