Mychal Judge Quotes

Father Mychal Judge, chaplain, FDNY: Good days. And bad days. Up days. Down days. Sad days. Happy days. But never a boring day on this job. You do what God has called you to do. You show up. You put one foot in front of another. You get on the rig and you go out and you do the job. Which is a mystery. And a surprise. You have no idea when you get on that rig. No matter how big the call. No matter how small. You have no idea what God is calling you to. But he needs you. He needs me. He needs all of us.

… I keep thinking my fear is lessening but there is still so much there… Lord, be with all of us here, especially keep your eye on me right now—hold me tight. Don’t let me do anything foolish…

Judge’s great delight in the Holy Land had been to see the everyday amid the sacred shrines. His great delight in New York was to see the sacred amid the everyday.

We make our own heaven and we make our own hell.

And all that we know for sure is that God gives us today. And he gives us the grace that we need today to love each other and to be at peace with each other and to forgive each other.

And to accept each other. It’s all we have.

the past, I have been accused of hating the police. And I do. Such an admission may be taken to mean that I hate each police officer as an individual whom I have judged unfairly on the basis of their occupation. But I hate the police the same as I hate any institution that exists as an obstruction to justice.