Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness

He who is or has been deeply hurt has a RIGHT to be sure he is LOVED.

Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want.

Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community.

Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her past history of inner pain and difficulties in relationships, is different. But in each one there is a yearning for communion and belonging, but at the same time a fear of it. Love is what we most want, yet it is what we fear the most.

One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people, even those in deep distress, and perhaps help them find self-confidence and inner healing.

We cannot grow spiritually if we ignore our humanness, just as we cannot become fully human if we ignore our spirituality.