“He is our Creator, his creating power sustains us continually in existence. He is present to us anywhere and everywhere. His providence enfolds us and our every action.”

“We're relating to an infinite indefinable person who loves us, therefore, in him we place our trust”

“When dealing with God, first of all we are dealing with a person. And persons are always mysterious no matter how well we know them...Of course God's ways and judgments are going to be inscrutable to us.”

“We're dealing with God himself and so we accept in faith that he is a god of love even when we can't begin to understand in detail precisely what he's up to and why. Inscrutable? Yes. Faithful? Yes. To live in that space is to live where the Bible wants us to be.”

“no matter what happens to us now in this life; no matter what terrors and uncertainties assail us in our lifetime; no matter what mortal pains and illnesses we might suffer and endure in the transience of this present world, the eternal truth of who Jesus is stands firm”

“Sin genuinely affects our ability to do good. Grace on the other hand actually heals and elevates our wounded natures and without it, we remain stuck in sin with all the consequences which that entails.”

“Trust in God’s saving revelation is the life of faith and discipleship, but rejecting this for human goals is to be a slanderer or adversary to God’s will”

“Has our faith in Jesus grown stronger through our experience or the experience of others around us? Where has Christ been in our own life journeys?”

“To be with Christ is to know what you're not. It's to know what you left behind.”

“We don't choose Christ, Christ chooses us. We don't join his club, he joins us to his body. We've been called personally by him.”

“they've been given this special charism to confess accurately and truthfully who Jesus is...The one who as true God and true man guarantees salvation. In that confession Peter and his successors have this infallible charism. In that regard they constitute a rock upon which the Church is built.”

“Genesis teaches that we share stewardship with God, but quickly reminds us of our weaknesses in that regard when left to ourselves. Ultimately, there is only one truly faithful steward; just as there is one creator.”

““You are the Christ.” We say it. The question for us is: Does recognizing Jesus is the Christ change our lives? Does it give us a new identity? Does it give our lives focus?”

“A Christian who does not have a clear image of Jesus will never testify Jesus with his or her life”

““Who do YOU SAY that I am?” We are, in this Gospel, experiencing a face to face encounter with Jesus Christ. It is not a moment of doctrine or a discussion of a set of truths about Him. In this intense moment: Jesus is asking me, asking you to respond to His question.”

“Despite human sin and rejection of God, and despite appearances to the contrary, God is actually working out his plan in human history, and saving the people to whom he made his covenant promises”

“As the Bride of Christ, the Church will always, fundamentally, be able to know and love her Bridegroom. The keys of Peter, then, are a gift to all of us.”

“We’ve been given the keys. For so much that has been unlocked and revealed, taught and written down about God – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – we still sometimes though, lose the key”

“God is very merciful with people who are truly sorry for the things they have done that are wrong, and so is Jesus Christ. Why do so many of us beat ourselves up for such a long time after we have committed a sin?”

“The Messiah is not just another of the prophets, nor simply the greatest of the prophets. He is God incarnate. He shall rule with justice, for He is the very form of justice.”

“the New Testament itself shows us that Jesus message would never have survived without Church institutions which could preserve it and protect it from heresy. The work of the spirit is always to build up the Church.”

“whatever power you have, whatever keys you've been given, use them everybody to unlock the doors that will lead to deeper life, use that power not to draw air out of the room but to breathe life into it”