Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.

Jesus Christ has to suffer and be rejected... Suffering and being rejected are not the same.

Anything I cannot thank God for for the sake of Christ, I may not thank God for at all; to do so would be sin. ... We cannot rightly acknowledge the gifts of God unless we acknowledge the Mediator for whose sake alone they are given to us.

It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!

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

I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.

No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously resisting or disobeying the commandment of Jesus. Is there some part of your life which you are refusing to surrender at his behest, some sinful passion, maybe, or some animosity, some hope, perhaps your ambition or your reason? ... How can you hope to enter into communion with him when at some point in your life you are running away from him?