Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love?' These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will be many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.

Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it.

Prayer requires that we stand in God's presence with open hands, naked and vulnerable, proclaiming to ourselves and to others that without God we can do nothing. As disciples, we find not some but all of our strength, hope, courage, and confidence in God. Therefore, prayer must be our first concern.

Ministry in no way is a privilege...it is the core of the Christian life. No Christian is a Christian without being a minister.

His (Christ's) appearance in our midst has made it undeniably clear that changing the human heart and changing human society are not separate tasks, but are as interconnected as the two beams of the cross.

Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.

Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world.