All for the Eucharist; nothing for me

Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you.

Keep your heart in peace and let nothing trouble you, not even your faults. You must humble yourself and amend them peacefully, without being discouraged or cast down, for God's dwelling is in peace.

Cling to God, and leave all the rest to Him: He will not let you perish. Your soul is very dear to Him, He wishes to save it.

May faith be the torch which illuminates, animates, and sustains you.

We must never be discouraged or give way to anxiety. . . but ever have recourse to the adorable Heart of Jesus.

I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God.

Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind, the deeper it strikes its roots into the ground.

Let every knee bend before Thee, O greatness of my God, so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host. May every heart love Thee, every spirit adore Thee and every will be subject to Thee!

My greatest happiness is to be before the Blessed Sacrament, where my heart is, as it were, in Its center.

But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure.

In the city fields Contemplating cherry-trees...Strangers are like friends

If you follow your heart, you will find harmony.

Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.

That which we call civilization is merely the accumulated debris of a chilling number of bad nights.

You have to maintain a culture of transformation and stay true to your values.

Iran said it will give up trying to make a nuclear weapon. But it got awkward when Iran said, 'But just for Lent. We'll start again on Monday.'

Sometimes I imagine a surveyor 100 years from now reading my plan, retracing my boundaries, and finding the monuments that I set. It's an honor to make a mark in history like that.

Our job is to translate the lies, deceit, and anxiety that poisons our cultural water supply into an understandable form that we can digest.

That which makes us DIFFERENT, will make a DIFFERENCE in the world some day. Be Yourself.

If we pray little, it is probably because we do not really believe that prayer accomplishes much at all.