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Although I am a committed Catholic priest, and nowhere hide that fact, my focus is very much a spiritual journey.

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Henri Nouwen
Age: 64 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 24
Died: 1996
Died: September 21
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It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the results of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended but a gift to be shared.
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L'Arche is not a service institution or a group home. It is a community that exists to reveal God's love. Our people are given to the world to tell others about peace and forgiveness and celebration, to make them aware that in the midst of their brokenness, there is joy in the midst of their wounded nature, there is healing.
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I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.
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A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive.
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We have to trust that our stories deserve to be told. We may discover that the better we tell our stories the better we will want to live them.
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Today's reading was if they ask you to walk a mile, walk two. Don't take an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth. You have chances every second to live this Word, but it has to be in you. It can't just be an idea it has to sink from the mind into the heart.
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The Question is not how much are you going to accomplish? Or can you show some results? But are you in love with Jesus? In our world of brokeness and despair, there is an enormous need for men and women who know the heart of God a heart that forgives, cares, reaches out and wants to heal.
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In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.
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Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.
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When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close.
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It is God’s passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer.
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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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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 Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self. God loves us, not because of what we do or accomplish, but because God has created and redeemed us in love.
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The great teachers are always those who can live the tension. They are not criticizing everybody, they're not complaining. They give young people a vision.
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One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are beautiful for us as well as for others to see.
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I am learning that the best cure for hypocrisy is community. Hypocrisy is not so much the result of not living what I preach but much more of not confessing my inability to fully live up to my own words.
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Is my growing old making me any closer to Christ? Am I only getting older or am I getting more godly?
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Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own.
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