We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words.

For many, religion has to do with what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. In the end, that doesn't bear fruit.

I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.

In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.

The beatitudes say, "Blessed are the poor". They don't say, "Blessed are those who care for the poor."

It is hard to bear with people who stand still along the way, lose heart, and seek their happiness in little pleasures which they cling to...You feel sad about all that self-indulgence and self-satisfaction, for you know with an indestructible certainty that something greater is coming.

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