He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.

Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.

You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.

Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing.

There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.

Anything is within reach with God's grace.

Men do not fail they stop trying.

But our highest objective should be that our children would repent from their sins, put their trust in Jesus Christ, and reflect the gospel to the world around them.

My limitations make space for the gifts of other people. Without the grace of our limitations we would be isolated, dry, and insufferable creatures indeed.

She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else.

We prove, we do not explain, our birth.

The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death.

All thought begins with the recognition that something is out of place.

We take everything for granted, but when I'm with Angeline, I see the world through new eyes. She makes my world better. It's why she's so great.