Emit gratitude as though it was done

Although I am a committed Catholic priest, and nowhere hide that fact, my focus is very much a spiritual journey.

Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.

Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, "I love you, too."

In community, where you have all the affection you could ever dream of, you feel that there is a place where even community cannot reach. That's a very important experience. In that loneliness, which is like a dark night of the soul, you learn that God is greater than community.

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.