a real alternative, a set of meanings and values that can stand at a critical and redemptive distance from contemporary culture.

Thanks to being profoundly rooted in Christ, he was able to bear a burden which transcends merely human abilities.

the unity that is required for the church's effective redemptive service in the world.

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

[t]hose...who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin, are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.

In this sense, we can't calmly sit down and say, 'Well, there's no promise of large numbers; success isn't one of the names of God; we've done our part, and we'll see who comes and who doesn't.' This inner restlessness that comes from knowing we have a gift that is meant for humanity must always be present in the Church.