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God doesn't give us just enough. God gives us more than enough: more bread and fish than we can eat, more love than we dared to ask for.

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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a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.
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When you have loved deeply, that love can grow even stronger after the death of the person you love. That is the core message of Jesus.
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What is forgotten cannot be healed, and that which cannot be healed easily becomes the cause of greater evil.
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As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of the Holy Spirit.
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