Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.
HENRI NOUWENLearning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved.
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One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are.
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Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.
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God, help me to see others not as enemies or as ungodly but rather as thirsty people. And give me the courage and compassion to offer your Living Water, which alone quenches deep thirst.
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If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.
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I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
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I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.
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If you feel loved, you can do a thousand things. If you feel rejected, everything becomes a problem.
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We are called to be fruitful – not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness.
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The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don’t see the results.
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You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is prayer – listening to the voice of the one who calls you “the beloved.”
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I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.
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Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.
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