A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially. [Paul] does not see prayer as merely a way to get things from God but as a way to get more of God himself.

God loves and defends those with the least economic and social power, and so should we.

We are saved by a man who died loving his enemies.

To love our success more than God and our neighbor hardens the heart, making us less able to feel and to sense.

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.

Love is counting someone else’s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort.

Because we put ourselves in God’s place, He put Himself in our place.