Christian life is not a life divided between times for action and times for contemplation. No. Real social action is a way of contemplation, and real contemplation is the core of social action.

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

The great challenge is to discover that we are truly invited to participate in the divine life of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like the fertile ground for greater trust, stronger hope, and deeper love.

What is forgotten cannot be healed, and that which cannot be healed easily becomes the cause of greater evil.

When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without being rigid, willing to confront without being offensive, gentle and forgiving without being soft, and true witnesses without being manipulative.

[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other.