Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
HENRI NOUWENCompassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.
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We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.
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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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Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
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Every time there are losses, there are choices to be made. You choose to live your losses as passages to anger, blame, hatred, depression and resentment, or you choose to let these losses be passages to something new, something wider, and deeper.
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Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.
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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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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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Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
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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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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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This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.
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Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.
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Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.
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The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing that is a friend who cares.
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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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I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
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The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
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Your heart is greater than your wounds.
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Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by the immense healing power that keeps bursting forth like springs of fresh water from the depth of our pain.
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The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.
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When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
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Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life…all of our life.
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Our life is a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
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Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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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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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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