If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we again miss the mark.

But if we know that the people of God are first a fellowship of sinners, we are freed to hear the unconditional call of God's love and to confess our needs openly before our brothers and sisters. The fear and pride that clings to us like barnacles cling to others also. In acts of mutual confession we release the power that heals. Our humanity is no longer denied, but transformed.

If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we again miss the mark.

Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.

Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.

Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense! We gain freedom in anything through commitment, discipline, and fixed habit.

Prayer is the human response to the perpetual outpouring of love by which God lays siege to every soul.