"Only in the encounter with [Jesus]…do we find the fullness of self-realization and happiness. Religion itself, without the experience of wondrous discovery of the Son of God and communion with him who became our brother, becomes a mere set of principles which are increasingly difficult to understand, and rules which are increasingly hard to accept."  
- Pope John Paul II to the youth of Kazakhstan

"Christianity is not a collection of truths to be believed; of laws to be obeyed...Christianity is a person, one who loved us very much, one who calls for our love. Christianity is Christ." 
- Archbishop Oscar Romero

"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ." 
- St. Jerome