Hans Urs von Balthasar maintained that the best evangelistic strategy is to capture people with the beautiful, then enchant them with the good, and then lead them to the true.

I don't think we'll understand Advent correctly until we see it as a preparation for a revolution.

We have laws against polluting our rivers but not against polluting our minds.

The long nights that Pier Giorgio Frassati spent on his knees in front of the Blessed Sacrament had something to do with the long days spent in service of the poor.

The cross is Jesus going into the very lair of death. He goes to meet head-on that which frightens us the most. And what does He do? He battles it. He engages it. And finally he conquers it.

Easter is an earthquake, an explosion. If you see it as less than that, you're not getting it.

We need to mock false gods publicly.