It's not easy to sit and trust that in solitude God will speak to you - not as a magical voice but that God will let you know something gradually over the years. And in that word from God you will find the inner place from which to live your life. Solitude is where spiritual ministry begins. That's where Jesus listened to God. That's where we listen to God.

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

Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.

Jesus said Communion first, community comes out of that, and out of community, ministry.

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.

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

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