If you don't have time to pray and read the scriptures, you are busier than God ever intended you to be.

We don't want to think about our weaknesses. We don't want to talk about them, and we certainly don't want anyone else to point them out. This is a classic sign of mediocrity, and this mediocrity has a firm grip on the Church and humanity at this moment in history.

Striving humbly but heroically to live by what is good, true, and noble in the midst of - and in spite of - the modern climate.

God of hope, I look to you with an open heart and yearning spirit. During this Advent season, I will keep alert and awake, listening for your word and keeping to your precepts. My hope is in you.

When you voice your disagreement, begin by talking about what you have in common with the person you are arguing with. Too often we rush to judgment, race to argue, and overlook all the common ground we share.

Who you become is infinitely more important than what you do, or what you have.

It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence.