Henri Nouwen Spiritual Quotes — Page 14

Theologian, Author

Spiritual

“Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy with endless stories with no space to be alone - that's not good.”

Children Spiritual Space

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Henri Nouwen

Theologian, Author

Spiritual

“Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that he is actively present in our lives—healing, teaching, and guiding — we need to set aside a time and space to give him our undivided attention.”

Believe Teaching Healing

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Spiritual

“Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community.”

Important Community Ministry

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Spiritual

“Let's start with Jesus' answer: "Look for the kingdom first and all else will come together." Life is fragmenting, fragmented. I have a thousands things to do, others do too. We can live our life as if the main question is, "How can keep it together? How do I juggle all the balls? But the real question is, "How can I stay home - interiorly home - while I do these many things?”

Real Home Jesus

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Spiritual

“In other words, first we must call people to communion with God, to intimacy with God, to a sense of belonging. Most people are lost, confused, alienated. They suffer and struggle immensely in relationships. We have to proclaim loudly and clearly in our actions and in our words that God loves us that we belong to him. That's a call to the mystical life.”

People Struggle Confused

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Spiritual

“The gospel word of the day can become like a painting on the walls. of your inner room, the inner room that is your heart.”

Heart Wall Rooms

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Spiritual

“Nuclear man is the man who realizes that his creative powers hold the potential for self-destruction. He sees that in this nuclear age vast new industrial complexes enable man to produce in one hour that which he labored over for years in the past, but he also realizes that these same industries have disturbed the ecological balance and, through air and noise pollution, have contaminated his own milieu.”

Men Past Air

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Spiritual

“...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your brothers and sisters. Up until then it is night and darkness is still with us. Let us pray for the light. It is the peace the world cannot give.”

Light Night Brother

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Spiritual

“Only in the context of the great encounter with Jesus can a real authentic struggle take place. The encounter with Christ does not take place before, after, or beyond the struggle with our false self and its demons. No, it is precisely in the midst of this struggle that our Lord comes to us and says, as he said to the old man in the story: ‘As soon as you turned to me again, you see I was beside you.’”

Real Struggle Jesus

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Spiritual

“Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you the freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land.”

Life Prayer Land

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Spiritual

“I don't pray enough, but I pray more now. Every morning at six o'clock have a half hour of meditation before the Blessed Sacrament. I pray with others too.”

Morning Blessed Meditation

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Spiritual

“Mysticism is for all, not just for a few special people.”

People Special Special People

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Henri Nouwen — Spiritual Quotes

Henri Nouwen Quotes