On Ministry
“The work of our faith is the naming of the holy—by all its many names: Life that cares, Life that enlarges life, Life that holds us even when we cannot see it, even when we do not yet know it. Rearranging, making manifest, naming the Holy: this is the work of our faith. Gladly we enter it again and again and again.” ~ Nancy Shaffer
"I'm not really here to keep you from freaking out. I'm here to be with you while you freak out, or grieve or laugh or suffer or sing. It is a ministry of presence. It is showing up with a loving heart.”
~ Kate Braestrup
“Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our ceaseless withholding our constant exclusion. Our sphere has widened and we find ourselves quite unexpectedly in a new expansive location in a place of endless acceptance and infinite love. . .How do we create and imagine a circle of compassion and then imagine nobody standing outside of that circle?” ~ Fr. Greg Boyle