Occupation: Priest Birth: January 24, 1932 Death: September 21, 1996
I am beginning now to see how radically the character of my spiritual journey will change when I no longer think of God as hiding out and making it a….
As we read spiritually about spiritual things, we open our hearts to God's voice. Sometimes we must be willing to put down the book we are reading an….
Writing is not just a job. It helps me to pray. It's a way of being..
Forgiveness changes the way we remember..
Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom..
It is freeing to become aware that we do not have to be victims of our past and can learn new ways of responding. Forgiveness is love practiced among….
We may be little, insignificant servants in the eyes of a world motivated by efficiency, control and success. But when we realize that God has chosen….
The central question is, Are the leaders of the future truly men and women of God, people with an ardent desire to dwell in God's presence, to liste….
What is forgotten cannot be healed, and that which cannot be healed easily becomes the cause of greater evil..
Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Inti….
The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of fruits that come forth from….
a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ..
When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to oth….
Community is where humility and glory touch..
To give someone a blessing is the most significant affirmation we can offer..
Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love life means to love its vu….
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forg….
Prayer requires that we stand in God's presence with open hands, naked and vulnerable, proclaiming to ourselves and to others that without God we can….
In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions an….
Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another..
We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words..