Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy.

People forget ideas; they don't forget the real presence.

Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each other's eyes to the great human gifts among all people we can indeed make peacemaking a way of being.

Joy and laughter are the gifts of living in the presence of God and trusting that tomorrow is not worth worrying about.

Writing is not just a job. It helps me to pray. It's a way of being.

Once you are in communion with God, you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear other people in whom God has also found a dwelling place.

The gospel word of the day can become like a painting on the walls. of your inner room, the inner room that is your heart.