The mark of the Christian is the willingness to look for the Divine in the flesh of a babe in a crib, the continuing Christ under the appearance of bread on an altar, and a meditation and a prayer on a string of beads

Much suffering in hospitals is wasted.

The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.

I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The simple shepherds heard the voice of an angel and found their Lamb; the wise men saw the light of a star and found their Wisdom.

Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.

Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness.