There is nothing so important in the family as the sacred quality of the meal. Henri Nouwen More Quotes by Henri Nouwen More Quotes From Henri Nouwen When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live. Henri Nouwen realizingprayingprayer God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful. Henri Nouwen joyfulmomentspainful The friend who cares makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters. In fact, it matters more than pain, illness, or even death. Henri Nouwen who-carespainreal The world is waiting for new saints, ecstatic men and women who are so deeply rooted in the love of God that they are free to imagine a new international order. Henri Nouwen waitingmenorder 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. Henri Nouwen envygratitudeblock When we give generously, with an abundance mentality, what we give away will multiply. Henri Nouwen abundance-mentalityabundancegiving Fundraising is a very rich and beautiful activity. It is a confident, joyful and hope-filled expression of ministry. In ministering to each other, each from the riches that he or she possesses, we work together for the full coming of God's Kingdom. Henri Nouwen fundraisingexpressionbeautiful We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with him and him alone. Only in the context of grace can we face our sin; only in the place of healing do we dare to show our wounds; only with a singleminded attention to Christ can we give up our clinging fears and face our own true nature. Henri Nouwen giving-upgracehealing Community is where humility and glory touch. Henri Nouwen communitygloryhumility Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey. Henri Nouwen spiritual-journeyjourneyspiritual Without Pentecost the Christ-event - the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus - remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think about and reflect on. The Spirit of Jesus comes to dwell within us, so that we can become living Christs here and now. Henri Nouwen spiritualjesusthinking The crisis of our prayer life is that our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from him. Henri Nouwen prayerheartideas Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead. Many Christian empire-builders have been people unable to give and receive love. Henri Nouwen intimate-relationshipschristianpeople A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us. Henri Nouwen patient-personpatiencemean In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us. Henri Nouwen realizingsolitudealiens 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. Henri Nouwen strugglementhinking Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Henri Nouwen furnacestransformationsolitude [Praying] demands that you take to the road again and again, leaving your house and looking forward to a new land for yourself and your [fellow human]. This is why praying demands poverty, that is, the readiness to live a life in which you have nothing to lose so that you always begin afresh. Henri Nouwen leavinglandhouse The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now. Henri Nouwen realenemypast Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human. Henri Nouwen being-humancompassionmean
