“The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.”

“If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, why would we ask those who do not fear the Lord to teach our children?”

“If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive. If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred.”

“There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.”

“Prayer is a way of asking for something. It is the medium of miracles. But the only meaningful prayer is for forgiveness, because those who have been forgiven have everything.”

“Centering Prayer is an opening, a response, a putting aside of all the debris that stands in the way of our being totally present to the present Lord, so that He can be present to us. It is a laying aside of thoughts, so that the heart can attend immediately to Him. All prayer is a response. The Lord first knocks, beckons, calls to us.”