A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.

Advent creates people, new people.

When people are deeply affected by the Word, they tell it to other people.

Being a Christan is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will.

The consciousness of being borne up by a spiritual tradition that goes back for centuries gives one a feeling of confidence and security in the face of all passing strains and stresses.

The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity.

Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate reaction must be to lift up our hands and bless him. Our enemies are the blessed of the Lord. Their curse can do us no harm. May their poverty be enriched with all the riches of God, with the blessing of Him whom they seek to oppose in vain. We are ready to endure their curses so long as they redound to their blessing.