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To be alive is to be broken to be broken is to stand in need of grace.

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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Broken
Grace
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Alive

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A ragamuffin knows he's only a beggar at the door of God's mercy.
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Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, God told me... As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.
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Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem. (In loving me, you made me lovable.)
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