Quotes from Helen Prejean

Isaiah's words: Do not be afraid … I have called you by your name, you are mine. Should you pass through the sea, I will be with you … Should you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, and the flames will not burn you. (43:2) As

Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?

It would take me a long time to understand how systems inflict pain and hardship in people's lives and to learn that being kind in an unjust system is not enough.

The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.