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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.

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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In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.
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The kingdom is not an exclusive, well-trimmed suburb with snobbish rules about who can live there. No, it is for a larger, homelier, less self-conscious caste of people who understand they are sinners because they have experienced the yaw and pitch of moral struggle.
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we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves... But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves -- unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.
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Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem. (In loving me, you made me lovable.)
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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All that is good is ours not by right but by the sheer bounty of a gracious God
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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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Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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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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