We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.

When I am with a group of human beings committed to hanging in there through both the agony and the joy of community, I have a dim sense that I am participating in a phenomenon for which there is only one word...."glory."

A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged.

The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace

Worship is yet another paradox of the religious life: it is simultaneously the greatest duty and the greatest pleasure of faith. Worship is the act of truly loving God. Believe in this brilliant Being, this magnificent "higher power," who not only created us but nurtures us with care and intelligence beyond our imagination, and obviously we are called to worship Him.

As I grow through love, so grows my joy, ever more present, ever more constant.

How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to expose our wounds and weaknesses to our fellow creatures. It also requires the ability to be affected by the wounds of others... But even more important is the love that arises among us when we share, both ways, our woundedness.