We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp its meaning, its contents and purpose, to taste and see how good the Lord is.

Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ himself.

The Church's note must be a supernatural note which distinguishes incarnation from immanence, redemption from evolution, the Kingdom of God from mere spiritual process.

Priesthood is forever and does not cease when a priest cannot carry out that priestly ministry.

But most automotive dealerships are set up for customer acquisition - which is crazy when you consider the average cost of customer acquisition is $1,000 or more.

The Incarnation is the medicine of the soul, undoing the Fall and bringing man to the Tree of Life, and the office of a priest is to administer this medicine in the sacraments.

In the Eucharist, priest and people together come to concelebrate. Here the ladder Jacob saw only as a dream becomes for us a reality, the medicine that cures our souls.

Times have changed since George Herbert... but the principle and spirit in which he ministered as a priest remains an inspiration and model for all priests.

As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his people.

To plan and talk is good but to plan and take action is even greater.

Poetry and novels are lists of our devotions. We love the feel of making the marks as the feelings are rising and falling.

There's a great space in which this moment takes place. There's a great silence that is listening to the thoughts.

I have a hard time writing music when I'm on tour.

Information is power only if you can take action with it. Then, and only then, does it represent knowledge and, consequently, power.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.

I think in the world of politics run by the left, men have been chickified.

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.