The disciple simply burns his boats and goes ahead. He is called out... The old life is left behind, and completely surrendered. The disciple is dragged out of his relative security into a life of absolute insecurity... out of the realm of the finite...into the realm of infinite possibilities.

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross.

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

The Lord stands above the new day, for God has made it. All restlessness, all worry, and anxiety flee before him.

Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life

God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us; whatever men may do to us, they cannot but serve the God who is secretly revealed as love and rules the world and our lives.

We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God.