There is no greater mystery to me than that of light traveling through darkness.

Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

There is no space in which worship should not take place, no time when it should not occur, and no activity through which it should not happen.

For Christians, faith is a precious good, the most valuable personal and social resource. When it is left untapped, the common good suffers - not just the particular interests of Christians.

If evangelism isn't an expression of love of neighbor, it isn't Christian evangelizing. And love of neighbor includes not only what I say to the neighbor but how I say that.

Christ came to transform us from never enough people - to more than enough people; that through his poverty we may become rich.

The difference between justice and forgiveness: To be just is to condemn the fault and, because of the fault, to condemn the doer as well. To forgive is to condemn the fault but to spare the doer. That's what the forgiving God does.