The truth is this: Brutalized, victimized children invariably will brutalize and victimize when they grow up. Is our only response to this… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
It has become an accepted tenet that kids will rarely listen to their parents but seldom fail to imitate them. Communicating the… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a bad cop, only disturbing and dominant cop thinking that will invariably lead to excessive force… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
As much as I dislike the suggestion of single solutions to complex problems, jobs are as close as we will get to… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
The Church should say, 'I'm frightened that women will be ordained;' that's honest, say that. But don't say, 'It's a grave sin,'… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
The draconian spirit that seeks to enhance penalties and to lower the age at which juveniles will be tries as adults, is… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it. — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which will always trump… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with the 'demonized' so that the demonizing will stop; it stands with the 'disposable' so that… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
What do we know to be true about gang violence? We know we will fail if we fixate on the symptoms and… — 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
