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One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are
The Church is the body of Christ fashioned by baptism & the Eucharist.
I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping.
That's the temptation of the devil: "Turn stones into bread! Be relevant!"
Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand.
Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence.
To give someone a blessing is the most significant affirmation we can offer.
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
There is nothing so important in the family as the sacred quality of the meal.
Our life is...a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.
Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.
Hiddenness is the place of purification. In hiddenness we find our true selves.
Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
As we are involved in unceasing thinking, so we are called to unceasing prayer.
The university has become a place that prepares you for the fights in the world.
The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it
When I was teaching, I didn't feel I had a home, a place where I truly belonged.
Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.
We cannot make it rain but we can see to it that the rain falls on prepared soil.
The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be.
As a general remark, I would say we must move from the moral to the mystical life.
The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others?
Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God's work, and not mine.
Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive.
By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.
When we give generously, with an abundance mentality, what we give away will multiply.
The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.
The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.
The mystery of one man is too immense and too profound to be explained by another man.
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, "I love you, too."
When we keep claiming the light, we will find ourselves becoming more and more radiant.
When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close.
Jesus said Communion first, community comes out of that, and out of community, ministry.
Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Beneath our frantic activities, there's a deep desire to show the world we are worthwhile.
O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.
Waiting is a dry desert between where we are and where we want to be. (Finding My Way Home)
In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel.
Our lives are unique stones in the mosaic of human existence -- priceless and irreplaceable.
I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world.