Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God.

It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil.

The scripture notion of truth is not an abstract, static, and timeless formula, but is something that comes true in time as the fulfillment of a divine promise. Truth happens in history.

Cats don't need to be possessed; they're evil on their own.

We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.

Faith is not like bottled water but like rain. Its destiny is not just to be kept and held but to make something visible grow.

Atheism is cheap on people, because it snobbishly says nine out of ten people through history have been wrong about God and have had a lie at the core of their hearts.