Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.

Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter.

Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.

Christian community is the place where we keep the flame of hope alive among us and take it seriously so that it can grow and become stronger in us.

Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand.

True Hospitality is welcoming the stranger on her own terms. This kind of hospitality can only be offered by those who've found the center of their lives in their own hearts.