To forgive another from the heart is an act of liberation. We set that person free from the negative bonds that exist between us. As long as we do not forgive we pull them with us, or worse, as a heavy load. The great temptation is to cling in anger to our enemies & then define ourselves as being offended & wounded by them. Forgiveness, therefore, liberates not only the other but also ourselves. It is the way to the freedom of the children of God.

The gospel word of the day can become like a painting on the walls. of your inner room, the inner room that is your heart.

The leaders of the future will be those who dare to claim their irrelevance in the contemporary world as a divine vocation.

Only in the context of the great encounter with Jesus can a real authentic struggle take place. The encounter with Christ does not take place before, after, or beyond the struggle with our false self and its demons. No, it is precisely in the midst of this struggle that our Lord comes to us and says, as he said to the old man in the story: ‘As soon as you turned to me again, you see I was beside you.’

In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.

Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.

Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.