In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

There is a Wonderful story in the Gospel of Luke (6:12-26). Jesus went up to the mountain to pray at night; in the morning he came down from the mountain and called his twelve apostles around him. In the afternoon he went out on the plain with them to preach the Good News and heal the sick. He had communion with God first, then he had community, and then he went out to do the work of God. That's the order of things.

Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.

The great #‎ conversion called for by Jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to God.

God's Kingdom is a place of abundance where every generous act overflows its original bounds and becomes part of the unbounded grace of God at work in the world.

The friend who cares makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters. In fact, it matters more than pain, illness, or even death.