Prayer is not one of the many things the community does. Rather, it is its very beingBut when prayer is no longer its primary concern, and when its many activities are no longer seen and experienced as part of prayer itself, the community quickly degenerates into a club with a common cause but no common vocation.

Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.

Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's the place in which you can listen to the voice of the One who calls you the beloved. To pray is to listen to the One who calls you 'my beloved daughter,' 'my beloved son,' 'my beloved child.' To pray is to let that voice speak to the center of your being, to your guts, and let that voice resound in your whole being.

If you feel loved, you can do a thousand things. If you feel rejected, everything becomes a problem.

The spiritual life is a reaching out to our innermost self, to our fellow human and to our God.

The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now.