In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.

you [priests] are called 'another Christ.'

Give love to your children, to a wife or husband, to a next-door neighbour.

If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.

Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.

We all long for heaven where God is, but we have it our power to be in heaven with him right now-to be happy with him at this very moment. But this means being: Loving as he loves, helping as he helps, giving as he gives, serving as he serves, rescuing as he rescues, being with him all 24 hours of the day, touching him in his distressing disguise.

When you love till it hurts, there will be no hurt left, just love.