I have always felt that if I am very personal and connected with what I myself am living, my writing will transcend ecclesial boundaries.

Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.

...the word that seems best to summarize the desire of the human heart is 'communion.' ...wherever we look it is communion that we seek.

Silence is a very concrete, practical, and useful discipline in all our ministerial tasks. It can be seen as a portable cell taken with us from the solitary place into the midst of our ministry. Silence is solitude practiced in action.

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.

The beatitudes say, "Blessed are the poor". They don't say, "Blessed are those who care for the poor."

Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you the freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land.