Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him.

What if the church should be less concerned with creating saints than creating a world where we do not need saints? A world where people like Mother Teresa and MLK would have nothing to do.

I was shocked that someone I didn’t even know would take the time to pray for me.

Mostly though, they waited. For the mail. For the news. For the bells. For breakfast and lunch and dinner. For one day to be over and the next day to begin.

I wonder whether there is such a thing as a sense of individuality. Is it all a facade, covering a deep need to belong? Are we simply pack animals desperately trying to pretend we are not?

I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself.

Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.

God teaches the soul by pains and obstacles, not by ideas.

Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.

If the angels were capable of envy, they would envy us for two things: one is the receiving of Holy Communion, and the other is suffering.

You mistake us for abstaining your kind from undeserving happiness when all we do is to fight for our cause. We are soldiers, not rebels.

There are no such things as book hoarders, only aspiring librarians

The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown.

The world's a scene of changes.

There was a point when I almost gave up. I couldn't feed myself. I couldn't feed my pets.

I've truly been blessed. I've taken my time, kept my eye on the prize and done what I've had to do. So I'm able to make a choice when to retire. Most fighters really couldn't.

From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.

My God...it can think.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

I think when you've lived a bit, you read more into the songs. I do, anyway. And you're sort of living the songs rather than performing them.