“St. Paul challenges us to "dedicate ourselves to thankfulness" and so I will.” — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
The truth is this: Brutalized, victimized children invariably will brutalize and victimize when they grow up. Is our only response to this the certain… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
Gang members aren't frightened into acceptable behavior by increased penalties, enhanced punishments, and the promise of new detention facilities. — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
The idea that any law enforcement agency or person would ever know these gang members better than Homeboy Industries is impossible. — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
You can't reason with gang violence: you can't talk to it, sit it at the table, and negotiate with it. — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
Most citizens viewing the tape of Rodney G. King being beaten by police officers were stunned and uncomprehending. Most citizens, that is, but the… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
“On most days, if I'm true to myself, I just want to share my life with the poor, regardless of result. I want to… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
The poor evangelize you about what's important and what is the Gospel, and that that's where the joy is. — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
“Leon Dufour, a world-renowned Jesuit theologian and Scripture scholar, a year before he died at ninety-nine, confided in a Jesuit who was caring for… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
When the vastness of God meets the restriction of our own humanity, words can't hold it. The best we can do is find the… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
I spent the summers of 1984 and 1985 as an associate pastor at Dolores Mission Church, the poorest parish in the Los Angeles archdiocese.… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
