If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

I choose L'Arche; L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me.

Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.

a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.

Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. It is amazing how many occasions present themselves in which I can choose gratitude instead of a complaint.

Our life is...a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.

To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now.