Timothy Radcliffe

“Hope is not the same as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”

“We are not called to be successful, but to be faithful.”

“The Church is not a club for the perfect. It is a hospital for sinners.”

“The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty.”

“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”

“Friendship is an education in hope.”

“To be a Christian is to be a bearer of the good news of the loving kindness of God.”

“What does it mean to be human? It is to be a creature of desire.”

“A community is a place where we are given to each other.”

“Hospitality is at the heart of the Christian life.”

“Our identity is not in what we do, but in who we are as beloved children of God.”

“The mission of the Church is to be a sign of the Kingdom of God, a sign of hope in a world of despair.”

“The search for truth is a journey we make together.”

“In a world of noise, silence is a radical act.”

“Authority in the Church is not about power, but about service.”

“A good argument is a form of hospitality.”

“The resurrection is not a happy ending to a sad story. It is the beginning of a new creation.”

“The imagination is the faculty of hope.”

“Forgiveness is the release of the past, so that we can embrace the future.”

“Contemplation is seeing the world as God sees it.”