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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.

Brennan Manning

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Brennan Manning
Age: 75 †
Born: 1937
Born: April 27
Died: 2013
Died: April 12
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Catholic Priest
Theologian
New York City
New York
Richard Francis Xavier Manning
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Goodness
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Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father's active goodness and unrestricted love.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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God is loving us - you and me - this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
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It is for the inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker.
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Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.
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God loves us as we are...not as we ought to be. because we are never going to be as we ought to be. --Brennan Manning
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The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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We are enveloped in peace, whether or not we feel ourselves to be at peace. By that I mean the peace that passes understanding is not a subjective sensation of peace if we are in Christ, we are in peace even when we feel no peace.
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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.
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Whenever I allow anything but tenderness and compassion to dictate my response to life--be it self-righteous anger, moralizing, defensiveness, the pressing need to change others...I am alienated from my true self. My identity as Abba's child [a child of God] becomes ambiguous, tentative and confused
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The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.
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Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil… Our hope… is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.
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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. God's love for you and his choice of you constitute your worth. Accept that, and let it become the most important thing in your life.
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Only reckless confidence in a Source greater than ourselves can empower us to forgive the woulds inflicted by others.
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When being is divorced from doing, pious thoughts become an adequate substitute for washing dirty feet.
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Faith will become vision, hope will become possession, but the love of Jesus Christ that is stronger than death endures forever. In the end, it is the only thing you can hang onto.
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Do you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?
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Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God.
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