We cannot make it rain but we can see to it that the rain falls on prepared soil.
HENRI NOUWENThose who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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The church is not an institution forcing us to follow rules but a community inviting us to still our hunger and thirst at its table.
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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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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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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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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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Our life is a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
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The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
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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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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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The spiritual life is a life beyond moods. It is a life in which we choose joy and do not allow ourselves to become victims of passing feelings of happiness or depression.
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Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking.
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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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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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Let’s not be afraid to look at everything that has brought us to where we are now and trust that we will soon see in it the guiding hand of a loving God.
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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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