Why does God permit us whom he loves to die? And you know what I say, where was God at the World Trade Center? He was there weeping for his fractured children. That's not a direct answer to the question but it's the best I could do. God suffers with us.
We're given second chances every day of our life. We don't usually take them, but they're there for the taking.
The kernel is the belief that God is love and, in Catholicism, God's love is present in the world. It is in the sacraments, in the Eucharist, in our families, in our friends, in our neighborhood, and forgiveness in the touch of a friendly hand, in a rediscovered love God is there.
My songs will pass and be forgotten. What counts, however, is that I sang them.
The role of Mary the Mother of Jesus is to reflect the woman and the love of God.
The storyteller is like God, the storyteller creates these characters. Falls in love with them, and then they won't act right.