Most of us do not like to look inside ourselves for the same reason we don't like to open a letter that has bad news.

A person is great, not by the ferocity of his hatred of evil, but by the intensity of his love for God.

All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun, so homiletic creativity is best nourished before the Eucharist. The most brilliant ideas come from meeting God face to face. The Holy Spirit that presided at the Incarnation is the best atmosphere for illumination. Pope John Paul II keeps a small desk or writing pad near him whenever he is in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament; and I have done this all my life - I am sure for the same reason he does, because a lover always works better when the beloved is with him.

Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.

When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!

To see a priest making his meditation before Mass does more for an altar boy's vocation than a thousand pieces of inspirational literature.