The mystery of ministry is that we have been chosen to make our own limited and very conditional love the gateway for the unlimited and unconditional love of God.

Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's the place in which you can listen to the voice of the One who calls you the beloved. To pray is to listen to the One who calls you 'my beloved daughter,' 'my beloved son,' 'my beloved child.' To pray is to let that voice speak to the center of your being, to your guts, and let that voice resound in your whole being.

I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.

Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.

When we have sold our identity to the judges of this world, we are bound to become restless, because of a growing need for affirmation and praise.

Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.

When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.