As a general remark, I would say we must move from the moral to the mystical life.

The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don't see the results.

Praying is no easy matter. It demands a relationship in which you allow someone other than yourself to enter into the very center of your person, to see there what you would rather leave in darkness, and to touch there what you would rather leave untouched.

This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without condition or limits.

Let's start with Jesus' answer: "Look for the kingdom first and all else will come together." Life is fragmenting, fragmented. I have a thousands things to do, others do too. We can live our life as if the main question is, "How can keep it together? How do I juggle all the balls? But the real question is, "How can I stay home - interiorly home - while I do these many things?

Ministry is a very confronting service. It does not allow people to live with illusions of immortality and wholeness. It keeps reminding others that they are mortal and broken, but also that with the recognition of this condition, liberation starts.

The crisis of our prayer life is that our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from him.