I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I am finding that when I choose to let go of my sometimes petty and superficial wishes and trust that my life is precious and meaningful in the eyes of God something really new, something beyond my own expectations begins to happen for me. (Finding My Way Home)

The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.

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

The gospel word of the day can become like a painting on the walls. of your inner room, the inner room that is your heart.

So I am praying while not knowing how to pray. I am resting while feeling restless, at peace while tempted, safe while still anxious, surrounded by a cloud of light while still in darkness, in love while still doubting.

You are a Christian only so long as you constantly pose critical questions to the society you live in, so long as you stay unsatisfied with the status quo, and keep saying that a new world is yet to come.

To give someone a blessing is the most significant affirmation we can offer.