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It is God’s passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer.

Henri Nouwen

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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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Passionate
Prayer

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Resentment and gratitude cannot coexist, since resentment blocks the perception and experience of life as a gift. My resentment tells me that I don't receive what I deserve. It always manifests itself in envy.
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Prayer is not one of the many things the community does. Rather, it is its very beingBut when prayer is no longer its primary concern, and when its many activities are no longer seen and experienced as part of prayer itself, the community quickly degenerates into a club with a common cause but no common vocation.
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The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be.
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Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life.
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Mysticism is for all, not just for a few special people.
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I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.
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As we are involved in unceasing thinking, so we are called to unceasing prayer.
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If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.
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Life is not entertainment. Life is not distraction.
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To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now.
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...real care means the willingness to help each other in making our brokenness into the gateway to joy.
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I am beginning now to see how radically the character of my spiritual journey will change when I no longer think of God as hiding out and making it as difficult as possible for me to find him, but instead as the one who is looking for me while I am doing the hiding.
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I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
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