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.

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

May God in His mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may He lead us to Himself.

The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

In a world where success is the measure and justification of all things the figure of Him who was sentenced and crucified remains a stranger and is at best the object of pity. The world will allow itself to be subdued only by success. It is not ideas or opinions which decide, but deeds. Success alone justifies wrongs done With a frankness and off-handedness which no other earthly power could permit itself, history appeals in its own cause to the dictum that the end justifies the means The figure of the Crucified invalidates all thought which takes success for its standard.

Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life's journey.

Advent creates people, new people.