Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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The wars of Israel were the only ‘holy wars’ in history, there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
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We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.
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The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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If my sinfulness appears to me in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all.
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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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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The world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
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If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all. How can I possibly serve another person in unfeigned humility if I seriously regard his sinfulness as worse than my own?
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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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We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
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By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
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Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.
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It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.
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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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