Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
HENRI NOUWENThe 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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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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Somewhere 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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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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Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him.
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Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
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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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I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
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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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What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
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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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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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The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.
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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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Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.
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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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