It Is Possible To Begin

The Seminaries Must Face The Fact That They Are Not Turning Out Well-trained Professional Clergy. They Must Realize That Preaching Is Creative Work And That Some Element Of Creativity Should Be Required As A Condition For Ordination.

The Highest Love Of All Finds Its Fulfillment Not In What It Keeps, But In What It Gives.

I Wouldn't Say The World Is My Parish, But My Readers Are My Parish. And Especially The Readers That Write To Me. They're My Parish. And It's A Responsibility That I Enjoy.

I Have Terrible Handwriting. I Now Say It's A Learning Disability... But A Nun Who Was A Very Troubled Woman Hit Me Over The Fingers With A Ruler Because My Writing Was So Bad.

People Came Into The Church In The Roman Empire Because The Church Was So Good-catholics Were So Good To One Another, And They Were So Good To Pagans, Too. High-pressure Evangelization Strikes Me As An Attempt To Deprive People Of Their Freedom Of Choice.