"We are not invited to rescue, fix or save people. The heart of ministry is to receive people and then…enter into the exquisite mutuality God intends for us all. ... This is the essence of a ministry that empowers by listening, receiving and welcoming. My life is saved everyday by contact with folks who are at the margins. And the day won’t ever come when I am more noble, have more courage or am closer to God than these people."

--Father Greg Boyle, SJ 

(Source:  http://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/saving-gang-members-street-qa-father-greg-boyle-sj)