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Jesus did not only serve the needs of the people, but truly hoped that the people and Jesus would be one. — Greg Boyle

Homeboy Bakery is an alternative to kids who have found themselves, regrettably, in gangs and want to redirect their lives. — Greg Boyle

Most employers just aren't willing to look beyond the dumbest or worst thing someone has done. — Greg Boyle

I'm the priest who has been mistaken for an ATM machine. — Greg Boyle

If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives. — Greg Boyle

The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them. — Greg Boyle

There is no 'them' and 'us.' There is only us. — Greg Boyle

People have started to see that 'smart on crime' rather than 'tough on crime' makes sense. — Greg Boyle

The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives. — Greg Boyle

People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem. — Greg Boyle

If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it. — Greg Boyle

All politics are local, and so in church. — Greg Boyle

I wouldn't trade my life for anybody's. — Greg Boyle

I feel called to be faithful. — Greg Boyle

We need the disruption of categories that lead us to abandon the difficult, the disagreeable, and the least likely to go very far. — Greg Boyle

We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang. — Greg Boyle

The arms of God reach to embrace, and somehow you feel yourself just outside God's fingertips. — Greg Boyle

I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can. — Greg Boyle

In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. — Greg Boyle

Ours is a God who waits. So who are we not to? — Greg Boyle

At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light. — Greg Boyle

Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story. — Greg Boyle

I kinda don't do guilt. I gave it up for Lent years ago. — Greg Boyle

The desire of God's heart is immeasurably larger than our imaginations can conjure. — Greg Boyle

I work with gang members, and I feel a kind of affinity and gift, even. But who would've thunk it, you know? I mean, I didn't anticipate it. — Greg Boyle

You are exactly what God had in mind when he made you. — Greg Boyle

God seems to be an unwilling participant in our efforts to pigeonhole Him. — Greg Boyle

The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person with the skills. — Greg Boyle

Even gang members imagine a future that doesn't include gangs. — Greg Boyle

I have never seen a hopeful person join a gang. — Greg Boyle

I'm not opposed to success. — Greg Boyle

The poor evangelize you about what's important and what is the Gospel, and that that's where the joy is. — Greg Boyle

You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done. — Greg Boyle

Young people can change and grow. Every parent knows that. — Greg Boyle

My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that's the church. That's the people of God. — Greg Boyle

I think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive. — Greg Boyle

The business of second chances is everybody's business. — Greg Boyle

I think not everything that works helps, and not everything that helps works. — Greg Boyle

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society. — Greg Boyle