Although the words quoted below were uttered by the fictional Pope Kiril I in The Shoes of the Fisherman, they are well worth pondering. I thank Armand Scenna for sharing them with me.
"It is better for a man to be silent and be [a Christian], than to talk and not to be one. It is good to teach, if he who speaks also acts." - St. Ignatius of Antioch
"The Eucharist is alive. If a stranger who knew nothing about the Eucharist were to watch the way we receive, would he know...