Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred.

Geese appear high over us, / pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, / as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear / in the ancient faith: what we need / is here. And we pray, not / for new earth or heaven, but to be / quiet in heart, and in eye, / clear. What we need is here.

A good community insures itself by trust, by good faith and good will, by mutual help. A good community, in other words, is a good local economy.

The language that reveals also obscures.

The incarnate Word is with us, is still speaking, is present always, yet leaves no sign but everything that is.

We are far more concerned about the desecration of the flag than we are about the desecration of our land.

We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true.