IF THE LORD IS OUR JOY, OUR JOY CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY. IT CANNOT BE LOST...JOY HAD COME TO THE WORLD, AND IT HAD COME TO STAY.

The laws of God, like the law of gravity, do not depend upon how I feel about them. They are inexorable.

Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us.

To go to Mass is to go to Heaven.

The Mass-and I mean every single Mass-is heaven on earth. Literally.

At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.

We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough.