God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.

To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.

When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair.

The business of second chances is everybody's business.

That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.

Yes, it's a competitive world, but where is your heart?

He loved us personally...centuries before we were born.

Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new mellineum!

God is so great that the greatness precludes existence.

We must be ruthless with ideas, but gentle with people.

Fear not; calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.

Angels represent God's personal care for each one of us.

To get God on your side is a great way to feel powerful.

I'm the priest who has been mistaken for an ATM machine.

I kinda don't do guilt. I gave it up for Lent years ago.

It's good to have a prayer on your lips wherever you go.

Prayer is the most concrete way to make our home in God.

Mysticism is for all, not just for a few special people.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

Religious belief has made me comfortable with ambiguity.

It is so important to balance orthodoxy with orthopraxy.

Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events?

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.

In a false person, sacraments do not produce any effect.

Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.

The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.

People forget ideas; they don't forget the real presence.

In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.

To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.

What I have taught with my lips I now seal with my blood.

The power of evil men lives on the cowardice of the good.

All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.

I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.

We do not make or create our souls, we just grow them up.

All of us are experts at practicing virtue at a distance.

Theology is taught by God, teaches God, and leads to God.

He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.

We can open our hearts to God, but only with Divine help.

To virginity is awarded the tribute of the highest beauty

[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.

Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.

The gift we can offer others is so simple a thing as hope.

Young people can change and grow. Every parent knows that.

You don't have to run around world proving you're lovable.

Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.

Where good and ill together blent, Wage an undying strife.

Action must be taken at once, there is no time to be lost.

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

A good teacher teaches people how to see, not what to see.

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