Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters.

We sin because we see sin as a bargain. We unconsciously calculate that it’s worth it, that it pays.

Original sin is the proclivity to say "my will be done" instead of "thy will be done."

Adoration will heal our Church and thus our nation and thus our world... Adoration touches everyone and everything... [because it touches the Creator, Who touches everything and everyone]... When we adore, we plug into infinite dynamism and power. Adoration is more powerful for construction than nuclear bombs are for destruction

Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone is shocked.

It is the Godfather, not God the Father, who makes you an offer you can’t refuse.

We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love.