"Love is the essence of God."

Dear God,
Give me the courage to live and work for a new heaven and a new Earth as Jesus did.
Give me the freedom to be critical where I see evil and to offer praises where I see
good.
Most of all, make me faithful to the vision you have given me, so that wherever I go
and whomever I meet,
I can be a sign of your all-renewing love.

Amen.

On sacrifice~

"Love, to be real, must cost--it must hurt--it must empty us of self."

On contemplation~

"Seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time, and seeing His hand in every happening--that is contemplation in the heart of the world."

On silence~

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today, let us begin."

"In loving one another through our works we bring an increase of grace and a growth in divine love."