To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts.

You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works.

The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.

Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.

Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.

Having faith does not mean having no difficulties, but having the strength to face them, knowing we are not alone.

Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.

Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.

Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.

Inequality is the root of social evil.

He was surrounded by people who loved him, yet he had never felt lonelier.

Mothers cry in anguishand fathers curse in anger, while others turn away in sadness, all for the children who are lost.

From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.

I wasn't young, I wasn't pretty, it was necessary to find other weapons.

It needs to said that Gerard Brennan's The Point is terrific. Scorchingly funny, black humour at its finest and the most inventive car theft ever!

It is not I who die, when I die, but my sin and misery.

Pretend all you want, pretty girl. You and I know that deep down you’re secretly glad to be pressed up to my body.

The best way to appreciate your job is to, is here to stay.

Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.

The light has gone out of my life.