If there is a God, there is a map. If God has a map, his map is the true map.

Do you know any better way to make saints than to be one yourself?

Reason alone cannot give you a whole steak, but it sure helps with identifying bologna.

We do not do good works to get into heaven; we do good works because heaven has gotten to us.

God continuously comes into the world in two places - at the altar and in the womb.

If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the music of our life will be a symphony.

The closer we are to God, to divine attributes - such as absolute truth, goodness, and beauty - the more we wonder. When we separate ourselves from truth, goodness, and beauty, we lose wonder and become cynical. The Enlightenment was basically the narrowing of our vision to a purely scientific, empirical, rationalistic worldview, screwing down the manhole covers on us so we became squinting underground creatures.