All religions proclaim the advantages of peace, loving one another, and "doing to others what we would like them to do to us."

The capacity for emotional sobriety belongs to everybody in the human family and leads to a fully human response to the adventure and goodness of the gift of human life.

It's obvious that humanity continues to be torn by religious violence.

Centering prayer is a training in letting go.

The whole immigration issue suggests the inevitability of people in our time seeking economic security that they can't find at home, which usually involves bringing their religion with them. One's children are going to be married to people outside their religious traditions as well as inside.

In human relationships, as mutual love deepens, there comes a time when two friends convey their exchanges without words. They can sit in silence sharing an experience or simply enjoying each other's presence without saying anything.

For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.