Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
HENRI NOUWENHospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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We cannot make it rain but we can see to it that the rain falls on prepared soil.
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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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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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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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Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.
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Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
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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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Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.
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I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
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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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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help.
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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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Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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