“What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.”

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.

Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.

A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.

The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency… God’s sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed.

For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.

When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.

On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.

The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.

The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.

When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.

we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves… But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves — unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.

Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.

Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.

My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.

We have been given God in our souls and Christ in our flesh. We have the power to believe where others deny, to hope where others despair, to love where others hurt.

The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.

Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.

Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer.

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

I like to choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who’s lost their way.

Be kind and gentle to those who are not gentle to themselves.

We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.