'How much longer will I live?'... Only one thing seems clear to me. Every day should be well-lived. What a simple truth!… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! Thus… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The Church will always be renewed when our attention shifts from ourselves to those who need our care. The blessing of Jesus… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When I trust deeply that today God is truly with me and holds me safe in a divine embrace, guiding every one… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with him and him alone. Only in the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
A sense of solitude is one of the most beautiful things that parents can give a child. It doesn't mean leaving the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Just as people can watch spellbound a circus artist tumbling through the air in a phosphorized costume, so they can listen to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus does not respond to our worry-filled way of living by saying that we should not be so busy with worldly affairs.… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of fruits that… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each other's eyes to the great human… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
...we all want to hear stories, from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Stories connect our little lives with the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or her into… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus says, "Keep your heart on the kingdom first. Keep your heart on God's love. Keep focused on the fact that you are God's… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without condition or limits. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The more preoccupied we are with security the more visible the force of death becomes, whether in the form of a pistol beside our… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I choose L'Arche; L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
