Most of us live in the past, carrying our hurts, guilts and fears. We have to face the pain we carry, lest we spend the rest of our lives running away from it or letting it run us. But the only place you’ll ever meet the real is now-here.
God seems to be about turning our loves around and using them toward the great love that is their true object.
Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.
One is struck in the study of saints, angels and gods by a pattern that seems quaint and harmless. Yet, it is so common that I know there must be a deeper meaning. There always seem to be guardians and spirits of doors, bridges, exits and entranceways.
The ego hates losing – even to God.
As you look back on a year almost ended, recall the ways in which God has been inviting you to return, again and again, to Love which is the same as returning to God.
To the degree you have experienced intimacy with God, you won’t be afraid of death because you’re experiencing the first tastes and promises of heaven in this world.
The Eucharist becomes a microcosmic moment of belief and power in which we say we believe in the real presence of God in Jesus, in this bread, and in this wine.
The Gospel gives our suffering personal and cosmic meaning, by connecting our pain to the pain of others, and finally, by connecting us to the very pain of God.
It is so important to balance orthodoxy with orthopraxy.
Silence is the necessary space around things that allows them to develop and flourish without my pushing.
You surrender to love; you do not accomplish love by willpower.
The more one gives one’s self in creative union with another, the more one becomes one’s self.
We do not make or create our souls, we just grow them up.
What we know about God is important, but what we do with what we know about God is even more important.
You create your response to reality, and that response, for all practical purposes, is your reality.
There is Someone dancing with you, and you are not afraid of making mistakes.
Being informed is different from being formed, and the first is a common substitute for the second.
I think most human beings are dualistic thinkers. It gets them through the day. It gives them a sense of superiority and security – that’s what the ego wants.
As to his gospel, Jesus Christ came into the world as the image of the invisible God to communicate to us that not only did we not need to be afraid of God, but that God is more for us than we are ourselves or one another. God’s love is infinite, and unstoppable, and will win!