Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world.

One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are

The members - mentally handicapped people who are marginal in society and not useful in an economic sense - welcomed me into their lives. And I was loved, not because of what s doing but because of who I was.

How do you pray? Take the gospel of each day and spend ten minutes with it. Read it, and read it again. Walk into the world with the gospel in your heart.

It is freeing to become aware that we do not have to be victims of our past and can learn new ways of responding. Forgiveness is love practiced among people who love poorly. It sets us free without wanting anything in return.

As long as we have our stories there is hope.

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