Roch Kereszty

“Only God can teach the soul the love of God, and he does it by pouring into the soul his own love so that the soul may love with the very love of God.”

“[W]henever a bishop or priest acts as both father and brother—and, with St. Bernard, we should add as a mother—to his people, the community comes alive, sacramental life deepens, and the coordinated and nurtured gifts of the Spirit transform the Church community into communion.”

“The word of God in the full sense of the term is not the written word in itself, but its actualization in its listeners or readers who receive the grace to participate in the eternal and uninterrupted speech of God.”

“The Church’s dependence on Christ through the Holy Spirit is the source of her independent reality.”

“This, then, is the great privilege of Christians: they are called to share in the all-forgiving mercy of the Father.”

“If God is only present in Jesus but is not this Jesus nor is Jesus God, then in Jesus, God has not entered into full communion with humankind.”

In a heart united with God’s will, the reign of God has been established.

If the Church were to reject Israel, she would be guilty of rejecting her own mother.

The Torah of the New Testament is the very person of Christ whom we can follow only by the power of the Holy Spirit.

"As the uniting Spirit affirms the distinct Persons of both Father and Son in the immanent Trinity, so also in salvation history the Spirit joins the many members by perfecting their unique individuality in a transcendent unity."

“The Church . . . becomes holy through the holiness of her heavenly spouse.”

“The Church is catholic because she has the fullness of Christ’s revelation and self-communication; she can heal the sins of all human beings and adorn them with all the virtues and charisms.”

“The incorruptible permanence of the Church in the divine truth [is] a requirement of the Church’s virginal and, ultimately, Marian nature.”

“Once he realizes that God has decided from all eternity to grant certain graces to certain people at the intercession of their priest, he may have more incentive not to get tired of praying for his faithful. God loves the prayer of the shepherd for his sheep.”

“The individual theologian’s subjectivity needs to be stretched wide open so as to be able to participate in the subjectivity of the Church.”

“Our union with the mind and will of Christ provides the foundation for a Christian theology of secularity.”

“We need to reaffirm the perennial conviction of the Church that she has no right to renounce her mission of universal evangelization.”

"The ontology of the Incarnation and the Trinity cannot be divorced from the mystery of God's love."