The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.

From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others

Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.

A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.

When a parliamentary or social majority decrees that it is legal, at least under certain conditions, to kill unborn human life, is it not really making a tyrannical decision with regard to the weakest and most defenseless of human beings?....While public authority can sometimes choose not to put a stop to something which were it prohibited would cause more serious harm, it can never presume to legitimize as a right of individuals even if they are the majority of the members of society an offense against other persons caused by the disregard of so fundamental a right as the right to life.

There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness.