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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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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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What makes a genius? The ability to see. To see what? The butterfly in a caterpillar, the eagle in an egg, the saint in a selfish person, life in death, unity in separation, God in the human and human in God and suffering as the form in which the incomprehensibility of God himself appears.
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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
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It is for the inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker.
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The love of Christ embraces all without exception. Fire of love, crazy over what You have made. Oh, divine Madman. (Prayer of Catherine Siena) Simply do the next thing in love. I have no sense of myself apart from you. Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem. (In loving me, you made me lovable.)
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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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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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The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin-scarred wino on the street, how I respond to interruptions from people I dislike, how I deal with normal people in their normal confusion on a normal day may be a better indication of my reverence for life than the antiabortion sticker on the bumper of my car.
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The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
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Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.
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If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, 'No, but I'm trying.
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When being is divorced from doing, pious thoughts become an adequate substitute for washing dirty feet.
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Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.
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The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust
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Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another.
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Rome is burning, Jesus says. Drop your fiddle, change your life and come to Me. Let go of the good days that never were - a regimented church you never attended, traditional virtues you never practiced, legalistic obedience you never honored, and a sterile orthodoxy you never accepted. The old era is done. The decisive inbreak of God has happened.
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