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The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others?

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Henri Nouwen
Age: 64 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 24
Died: 1996
Died: September 21
Catholic Priest
Presbyter
Priest
Psychologist
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen
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Death
Others
Live
Real
Fruitful

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My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover... God's love in yours.
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Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter.
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I choose L'Arche L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me.
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...the word that seems best to summarize the desire of the human heart is 'communion.' ...wherever we look it is communion that we seek.
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The people who most affected me were the ones who got right in there with me, who cried with me, but who also had a certain authority, who dared to say what needed saying.
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Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community.
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Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual vulnerability.
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From the moment we claim the truth of being the beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we are.
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The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being and in that sense community takes away loneliness.
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The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark.
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Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery of life is slowly revealed to us.
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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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The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.
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To give someone a blessing is the most significant affirmation we can offer.
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Community always calls us back to solitude, and solitude always calls us to community. Community and solitude, both, are essential elements of ministry and witnessing.
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His (Christ's) appearance in our midst has made it undeniably clear that changing the human heart and changing human society are not separate tasks, but are as interconnected as the two beams of the cross.
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The third discipline is community. Whom do you choose as your companions? Whom do you choose to be friends with, to live with? Are they people who love you, and care for you, and nurture you?
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Your heart is greater than your wounds.
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That's the temptation of the devil: Turn stones into bread! Be relevant!
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