“Parents were the only ones obligated to love you from the rest of the world you had to earn it.”

“I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.”

“I am very happyBecause I have conquered myselfAnd not the world.I am very happyBecause I have loved the worldAnd not myself.”

“We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus cou...”

“Loving others isn't about us at all. And until that sinks in, we'll never be able to love the way Christ truly loved.”

“The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment.”

“The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food:In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood--Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”

“...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is.”

“Joy is thankfulness, and when we are joyful, that is the best expression of thanks we can offer the Lord, Who delivers us from sorrow and sin.”