Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other. It is a sign that we don't need a lot of money to be happy--in fact, the opposite.

Community is not an ideal; it is people. It is you and I. In community we are called to love people just as they are with their wounds and their gifts, not as we want them to be.

If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.

Prayer is like a secret garden made up of silence and rest and inwardness. But there are a thousand and one doors into this garden and we all have to find our own.

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

When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them.

When children are loved, they live off trust; their bides and hearts open up to those who respect and love them, who understand and listen to them.