Cardijn often cited the same Gospel passages, which provide insight into his spirituality.
Cognosco oves meas et cognoscunt me meae! – “I know my sheep and my sheep know me”: John 10:14
Alias oves habeo, illas oportet me adducere: “I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.”: John 10:16
Quaerite primum: “Seek first (the kingdom of God)”: Matthew 6:33
You are “the leaven in the dough”: Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21
“You are the salt of the earth”: Matthew 5:13
“Send forth thy spirit, and thou shalt renew the face of the earth”: Psalm 104:30
Nihil sine presbytero: Nothing without the priest (Council of Arles 309AD)
Vae soli…: “Woe to he who is/acts alone”: Ecclesiastes 4:10]: A good leader never acts alone.