Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.

Virginity is something that can be offered to God.

A grandmother's special calling is to pray and to be a fellow worker in the battle in which her children or her grandchildren are engaged.

Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering.... The love of God did not protect His own Son.... He will not necessarily protect us - not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.

Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you

One step at a time, over the years, as I sought to plumb the mystery of suffering (which cannot be plumbed), I began to see that there is a sense in which everything is a gift. Even my widowhood.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.