Tell the devil to go to hell... that's where he belongs.

Saints didn't set out to have everyone follow them. Saints set out to follow Jesus, and others followed them in their pursuit of Him.

If the heart is hardened, the intellect is darkened.

Many of us want to know why we don't "hear" God when we pray. Few of us shut up long enough to really listen.

Giving God permission to make you a saint will ruin your life.

I'm a sinner. I don't always love God as strongly as I could or as directly as I should. Ash Wednesday reminds me that it is only through God that I have life; He gave it to me. God forgives. He loves. And He gives this sinner a second chance. Put simply: my God kicks ash.

The truest friends are usually the ones telling you what you don't want to hear.