The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

The idea that when the health of one member suffers, the health of the whole body is lowered is a teaching of St Paul which is timeless.

I offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me to use what talents I possessed for my fellow workers, for the poor.

When they call you a saint, it means basically that you are not to be taken seriously.

Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.

One of the disconcerting facts about the spiritual life is that God takes you at your word.

If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God.