“So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na’im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail.”

Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.

Do what’s good for you Or you’re not good for anybody

If you need food stamps, you should meet the criteria.

I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.

I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church’s energies to a new evangelization… No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.

Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul.

The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.

Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.

A brain hemorrhage puts it all in a deeper perspective. I’m one of those guys hit by lightning. I see the big picture. Everything is in perspective now. Let’s just say I’m the kind of guy who knows how to enjoy the moment.

I have to be motivated, and I’m sure time will avail itself.

You know, you try to be diverse, and try to have fun and round things out.

If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.

You have it made when you don’t care whether you have it made or not.

I’m speaking to someone I’m trying to get to fall in love with me. I’m trying to speak intimately to one person. That should be clear. I’m not speaking to an audience. I’m not writing for the podium.

In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.

My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I’d rather not focus on that.