“To protect creation, to protect every man and every woman, to look upon the with tenderness and love, is to open up a horizon of hope; it is to let a shaft of light break through the heavy clouds.” -Pope Francis

The more we allow our accomplishments-the results of our actions-to become the criteria of our self esteem, the more we are going to walk on our spiritual toes, never sure we are going to live up to the expectations which we created by our last successes.
Henry Nouwen, Out of Solitude

My work on God’s behalf must be rooted in God’s love and grace When it is thus rooted, my work will be neither compelled nor driven, nor frantic. When it is thus rooted I will once again find the balance, working with conviction and calm, trusting in God’s purposes and ways.
Arthur Boers, “Abide in Me”

Today it is very fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately it is very unfashionable to talk with them.
Mother Theresa

For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.
Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation