I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We come to church not to hide our problems but to heal them.
Through the ages, God has used the church to keep alive and pass down the story of what Christ has done for us.
The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.
I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love.
If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing.
We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick.
The Church is like a great tree whose roots must be energetically anchored in the earth while its leaves are serenely exposed to the bright sunlight. In this way, she sums up a whole gamut of beats in a single living and all-embracing act, each one of which corresponds to a particular degree or a possible form of spiritualisation.
The church must always show compassion, always.
What the church is really concerned about is what endures.