We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally; to be alone with Him — not with our books, thoughts, and memories but completely stripped of everything — to dwell lovingly in His presence, silent, empty, expectant, and motionless. We cannot find God in noise or agitation.

If you really love one another, you will not be able to avoid making sacrifices.

The poor are our brothers and sisters ... people in the world who need love, who need care, who have to be wanted.

The first step to becoming is to will it.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?

Put your sins in the chalice for the precious blood to wash away. One drop is capable of washing away the sins of the world.