"The Church existing in one place is not formed, in a radical sense, by the persons who come together to establish it. There is a "Jerusalem from on high" which "comes down from God", a communion which is at the foundation of the community itself. The Church comes into being by a free gift, that of the new creation.

There exists only one Church of God. The identity of one eucharistic assembly with another comes from the fact that all with the same faith celebrate the same memorial, that all by eating the same bread and sharing in the same cup become the same unique body of Christ." 

"...further initiatives are often dismissed by claiming that the time is not yet ripe or that we are not ready.... what is the time which one claims is not yet ripe? Are we not ourselves the time, as Augustine says? And will time not consist of what we make of it and of how we shape it." 

"I am convinced that when everyone allows himself or herself to be guided by a conscience rooted in conversion to God, there can be no insoluble difficulties, even though this may not obviate all conflicts. The state of the Church, the state of theology, and the state of the relationship between them will be so  much better if all parties act and think starting with God; if each individual can say, with Paul, "I, but no longer I." 

"Among the most dedicated servants of the Kingdom of God that I have ever known are the sisters, brothers, and priests who serve in Canada's north country. Among them are those who have lived and are still living among Canada's aboriginal peoples in Indian villages and schools. The servants of the Gospel in immediate contact with christian people have shown that they live according to  gospel values." 

"Love writes words in sand and blows the grains into the forgotten."