Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.

Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won't matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength.

If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to merit God's salvation you haven't believed at all, even if you try to do a little bit.

Not everyone is your brother or sister in the faith, but everyone is your neighbor, and you must love your neighbor.

The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners.