Henri Nouwen Spiritual Quotes — Page 6

Henri Nouwen

Theologian, Author

Spiritual

“I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.”

Community Feels Solitude

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Henri Nouwen

Theologian, Author

Spiritual

“One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal.”

Hurt Tasks Unity

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Spiritual

“Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God's house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her own way to God.”

Believe Jesus Doors

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Spiritual

“Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.”

Mean Pain Joy

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Spiritual

“When you are still young and not yet adult, you want to hold everything in your own hands, but if you have your hands open toward prayer, you are able to stretch out your arms and let yourself be led without knowing where. You know only the freedom which God's breath has brought you will lead to new life, even if the cross is the only sign of it you can see.”

Hands Prayer Knowing

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Spiritual

“The Christian leaders of the future have to be theologians, persons who know the heart of God and are trained - through prayer, study, and careful analysis - to manifest the divine event of God's saving work in the midst of the many seemingly random events of their time.”

Heart Christian Prayer

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Spiritual

“Although we tend to think about saints as holy and pious, and picture them with halos above their heads and ecstatic gazes, true saints are much more accessible. They are men and women like us, who live ordinary lives and struggle with ordinary problems. What makes them saints is their clear and unwavering focus on God and God's people.”

Thinking Men Struggle

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Spiritual

“Spiritual identity means we are not what we do or what people say about us. And we are not what we have. We are the beloved daughters and sons of God.”

Mean Spiritual Daughter

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Spiritual

“If you believe you are the beloved of God, you need to spend time listening to his voice - period! You can't say, "Yes God calls me the beloved, but I have to go out to do something now."”

Believe Voice Listening

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Spiritual

“God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful.”

Moments Painful Joyful

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Spiritual

“We have to keep asking ourselves: 'What does it all mean? What is God trying to tell us? How are we called to live in the midst of all this?' Without such questions our lives become numb and flat.”

Mean Trying Doe

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Spiritual

“The difference between rich and poor is not that the rich sin is more than the poor, that the rich find it easier to call sin a virtue.”

Differences Sin Rich

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Henri Nouwen — Spiritual Quotes

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