The role of silence is to create the space where we encounter the silent Presence.

People who demand signs never believe them when they come.

To allow myself to be loved by God in my deepest brokenness is to experience a love that defies human comprehension.

One of the most important lessons the Lord has taught me is that you are not your gift. That is, you are not defined by what you do or create. Jesus is a wonderful example of this. He would not allow the crowd to define Him by His considerable gifts, even though they tried to do so. Jesus always points away from Himself and His gifts and thereby wins praise for the Father. We are not our gifts. We are called to give more. Like Jesus, we are called to give ourselves. That is the real purpose behind our gifts; they are vehicles for giving the self.

To know that God loves us in the state of grace or disgrace is the most powerful motivation to respond with the aid of grace to His loving call.

To be rooted in love is to look beyond surface appearances to see the inner beauty in others often disfigured by sin.

Seeing ourselves through the eyes of grace frees us to be for others all we need to be.