One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there.

The Church will always be renewed when our attention shifts from ourselves to those who need our care. The blessing of Jesus always comes to us through the poor. The most remarkable experience of those who work with the poor is that, in the end, the poor give more than they receive. They give food to us.

Our glory is hidden in our pain, if we allow God to bring the gift of himself in our experience of it.

One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are beautiful for us as well as for others to see.

I can choose to grateful when I am criticized, even when my heart still responds in bitterness. I can choose to speak about goodness and beauty, even when my inner eye still looks for someone to accuse or something to call ugly.

As long as we have our stories there is hope.

There are areas I have to work on. I had some questions and some struggles, but it was an enormously important time for me.