We care for our children even though they may break our heart—and in each breaking, our heart grows larger and more capable of care. Our love creates and preserves the best in them and the best in us.

We experience a great love for the world. What we love is what moves our heart, and what moves our heart is what moves our lives.

Being present to the poor through friendship, solidarity, and service isn’t just a helpful set of moral principles; it’s a virtuous circle.

Humility is the hallmark spiritual virtue of letting go.

We see through a glass dimly. An important part of spiritual practice, then, is “cleaning the lens”.

Why does letting go seem to be such a necessary element in the equation of transformational spirituality?

In the end, the greatest pleasure isn’t having all our ego-needs met, but instead being drawn out of our ego into a wider world of belonging.

Alhough St. Anthony was called the “Hammer of Heretics,” the word warmth describes him more fully.

In a world where people “look for love in all the wrong places”— settling for second-rate substitutes—Jesus shows us a way.