The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThere is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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In the presence of a psychiatrist I can only be a sick man; in the presence of a Christian brother I can dare to be a sinner.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.
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The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows.
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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
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Not everyone can wait: neither the sated nor the satisfied nor those without respect can wait. The only ones who can wait are people who carry restlessness around with them.
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It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
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How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.
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May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
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Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others, not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.
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Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
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Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.
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The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ.
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A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.
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My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.
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Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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I wonder why it is that we find some days so much more oppressive than others, for no apparent reason. Is it growing pains – or spiritual trial? Once they’re over, the world looks quite a different place again.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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The world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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