Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.

The mark of Cain is stamped upon our foreheads. Across the centuries, our brother Abel was lain in blood which we drew, and shed tears we caused by forgetting Thy love. Forgive us, Lord, for the curse we falsely attributed to their name as Jews. Forgive us for crucifying Thee a second time in their flesh. For we knew not what we did.

Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

The Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.

I live by the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.