It is not the man who is responsible for the offerings as they become Christ's Body and Blood; it is Christ Himself who was crucified for us. The standing figure belongs to the priest who speaks these words. The power and the grace belong to God. 'This is My Body,' he says. And these words transform the offerings.

What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well.

If repentance is neglected for an instant, one can lose the power of the Resurrection as he lives with the weakness of tepidity and the potential of his fall.

Let no one mourn that he has fallen again and again; for forgiveness has risen from the grave.

Every trace of the old philosophy and literatureof the ancient world has vanished from the face of the earth.

God measures out affliction to our need.

Him who is dead and gone honor with remembrance, not with tears.