In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
HENRI NOUWENSomewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.
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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the results of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended but a gift to be shared.
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Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you.
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For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.
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Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical; it ought to be restless; it ought to lead you to places you’d rather not go.
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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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My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.
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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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Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.
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When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
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Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
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Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
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This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.
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Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
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