Quotes from James Carroll

The I AM of God, of Jesus, is the "I am" of every person, and it consists in every person being aware of herself or himself.

Mindful imitation makes Christ actual.

The God who makes the promise keeps the promise.

To each one, the encounter with Jesus is unique, however it occurs. That no one possesses Jesus, or fully understands him, is why the movement toward Jesus can never be made alone.

Francis is at the mercy of an incoherent Catholic morality about all kinds of sexual expression, and he seems incapable of bringing the needed moral clarity and essential new structure of accountability. That incoherence in ethics and morality is itself essential to the malignant culture of clericalism that imprisons many, including the Pope.