Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch.

When a poor person dies of hunger it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.

I always say "if you are afraid of them (the unborn), give them to me. Please, don't kill them."

There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.

Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other, and have the courage to accept each other as we are. Do not be surprised or become preoccupied at each other's failures - rather, see and find in each other the good, for each one of us is created in the image of God.

There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much.

... do not spare me in anything -- let there be less and less of me in everything.