Christian community is the place where we keep the flame of hope alive among us and take it seriously so that it can grow and become stronger in us.

As we are involved in unceasing thinking, so we are called to unceasing prayer.

There is nothing so important in the family as the sacred quality of the meal.

The great call for the Church is to not just be concerned about right or wrong behavior, which is moral life, but about communion with God, which is mystical life.

Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives.

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it

The great spiritual task facing me is to so fully trust that I belong to God that I can be free in the world--free to speak even when my words are not received; free to act even when my actions are criticized, ridiculed, or considered useless.... I am convinced that I will truly be able to love the world when I fully believe that I am loved far beyond its boundaries.