Mary is God's masterpiece. Have you ever walked into a museum where an artist was displaying his work? Can you imagine him being offended if you were viewing what he considered to be his masterpiece? Would he resent your looking at that instead of at him? 'Hey, you should be looking at me!' Rather, the artist would receive honor because of the attention you were giving his work. And Mary is God's work, from beginning to end.

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.

As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and divine grace heal the intellect and the will of the effects of concupiscence. We can begin to see things clearly.

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

To go to Mass is to go to Heaven.

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