It is to this silence [contemplative prayer] that we all are called.

Jesus said Communion first, community comes out of that, and out of community, ministry.

Through prayer we can carry in our heart all human pain and sorrow, all conflicts and agonies, all torture and war, all hunger, loneliness and misery, not because of some great psychological or emotional capacity, but because God's heart has become one with ours.

Although I am a committed Catholic priest, and nowhere hide that fact, my focus is very much a spiritual journey.

Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing they will move mountains and change the hearts of people wherever they go.

The Church is the body of Christ fashioned by baptism & the Eucharist.

I don't pray enough, but I pray more now. Every morning at six o'clock have a half hour of meditation before the Blessed Sacrament. I pray with others too.