“In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes.”

“The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.”

“One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.”

“I've got a lot to download on your mercy and grace. I've always rushed up to You and dumped whatever it was and hurried away, fascinated by my own busyness. I want to turn all this over to You slowly, carefully, examining every fragment as I pass it off, so there'll never be any question about it again. Every time I've dumped and run, I've nearly always run back and snatched it out of Your hands. Help me in this.......Right now, I'm certain of only one thing - that You love us, and that's where we all have to begin.”

“When we turn from our sin, and have the blessed forgiveness of the Almighty, then we can ask Him to run things, and let Him be in charge.”

“We must stop listening to voices from the past--and we must stop immediately.--Father Tim”

“He remembered the gravestone of a woman parishioner in the churchyard of St. John's in the Grove. DEMURE AT LAST, it read. He thought that the single most definitive and amusing epitaph he'd ever come across.”