It is not by sidestepping or fleeing from suffering that we are healed, but rather by our capacity for accepting it, maturing through it and finding meaning through union with Christ, who suffered with infinite love.

The closer a person is to God, the closer he is to people.

Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional - rather than as an encounter with Christ - which explains why they don't see it as a source of joy.

Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.

If in my life I fail completely to heed others, solely out of a desire to be 'devout' and to perform my 'religious duties', then my relationship with God will also grow arid. It becomes merely 'proper', but loveless.

Jesus resolved the false opposition between obedience and freedom and opened the path to freedom

In the face of horror ... there is no other answer than the cross of Christ: Love that descends to the abyss of evil.