“This is normal along the Way. Normal for a community that is bound only by the chance encounter that we’re all walking towards Santiago. This is normal. This is hospitality. This is grace.”
“Perfect faith in God is not ever easy. God, through the Spirit and through community, still intervenes in our lives. And sometimes that call from God can be terrifying.”
“So, here’s a list of the best weapons you can use to defeat evil. These are your gifts: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
“What we can do is to see where we can make a difference, no matter how small. One grain of sand doesn’t make a beach but get enough grains together and they can put a buffer between the land and the restless sea. Get enough individuals involved and seeming miracles can happen.”
“Alban was called to obey a bigger law–the law of Christ’s love for our neighbor.”
‘Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.’ – Matthew 18:10
“The fact is, the US has received barely a trickle of the world’s refugees and asylums seekers in past months, whereas our friends in other countries have put our so-called Christian nation to shame with hospitality and compassion, albeit imperfectly.”
“This is a fine theological line, because we believe that God loves us unconditionally, but God doesn’t love some of what we do.”
See, the dirt has meaning too. The first people were made of it, God entered into it, and things grow out of it. It is a hiding place for the soul and a place of transformation