“St. Teresa summons us to trust in the Lord’s answer to our prayers rather than insisting on our own preferred outcomes and worldly measures of success.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“It is as if Scripture wants to tell us to be ready and to let us know that we don’t need to (and shouldn’t want to) know all the details.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“He asks us to pray. He wants to engage us, but the answer must be His; what is His is always best.” – Monsignor Pope
“While not wholly excluding feelings, the ‘heart’ in the Scriptures is the deepest part of us; it is where we ‘live.'” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“Most people put more faith in Tylenol than they do in the Eucharist.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“So, the Feast of the Ascension is our feast too. In baptism we died with Christ and rose with him to new life. In the Ascension of Christ, we also ascend.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“His mercy is free except for this price: we must surrender our pride, admit our need, and open the door.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“The Easter Vigil is the manifestation of what St. John wrote in the prologue of his Gospel: The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it (Jn 1:5).” – Monsignor Charles Pope
“True gratitude is a grace, a gift, that comes from a heart deeply moved, astonished, and aware of the fact that God is so very good.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
I remember once being amused to hear that a 19th century Franciscan theologian (whose name I cannot recall) wrote a six-volume set called “The Life