"I walked by the chapel; it was night and I looked in. And there was one light on over at the side. And Charlie was praying there. ... He was looking at the tabernacle. He looked like a man in love."

"The only way we're going to understand today's Gospel is by seeing Our Lady not just as the Immaculate Conception but as a very human mother because that's what she is."

We do not bring out a crucifix on Good Friday. It's the cross itself. So intimate was our Lord's connection with his cross that we celebrate a feast in honor of an object made of wood.