Every word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a gift and therefore an echo of God’s life in us.

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

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

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

God is the utterly loving giver. God doesn't just love. God is love.

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 no one remembers a misdeed or names it publically, it remains invisible. To the observer, its victim is not a victim and its perpetrator is not a perpetrator; both are misperceived because the suffering of the one and the violence of the other go unseen. A double injustice occurs-the first when the original deed is done and the second when it disappears.