Silence and Prayer

“Presence in silence betokens disponibility. . . . Selfishness centers on the scattered-out self (in the Augustinian sense).”

“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.”

“Guilt can be taken away from me. But shame is a feeling that no one can take away. It pertains to the fact that I was capable of doing what I did.”

“The true secret of Christian hope is that it feeds on suffering. The art of hope consists of finding precisely within the suffering that seems to obstruct the future, the key that opens it up.”