Favorite Quotes

“To confine God to an image or metaphor is idolatry; to ignore God in my neighbor is a sacrilege.”

“God never makes an appointment…..Ministry is about people - not paper, processes, or procedures.”

“Our proud attempts at upward climbing will really bring us down, whereas to step downwards in humility is the way to lift our spirit up towards God.”

“Let [people] realize that all they have to do to achieve the height of holiness is to do only what they are already doing and endure what they are already enduring, and to realize, too, that all they count as trivial and worthless is what can make them holy.”

“A disciple without a sense of mission is a stunted Christian.”

“The cross is God’s chosen birth canal to our truest identity and thus to a “new creation”. When we actively embrace it, we are set free from the ego and begin to live as little Christs. ”

“I am not a Catholic because I want to be. I am a Catholic because it is the only True option. And thus, I am a Catholic because I want to be - I want the Truth; I want to experience God as truly and deeply as possible.”

“To hallow God’s name is to walk the way of humility as we adore God’s presence with the awareness of our sinfulness. Praying the name of Jesus has the power to open us to the experience of unceasing prayer.”

“True spirituality is the ready acceptance of all that comes to us at each moment of our lives. What God arranges for us to experience at each moment is the best and holiest thing that could happen to us.”

“To surrender to that will found in the present moment’s duty is to abandon ourselves to divine providence.”

“[To] begin the process of making a faith-based decision, the first challenge we face is to distance ourselves from our obsession with self-concern, self-image, self-preservation, and self-gratification.”

“The feeling of peace or the sense that a decision is “right” - the blessing of God - sometimes only comes after the decision is made. It’s a gift in hindsight and not foresight.”