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> [“The evidence of the early church suggests that the community of followers ate together regularly and often, and that in their eating they tried to bear witness to Christ’s way of dwelling on earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/the-evidence-of-the-early-church-suggests-that-the-community-of/)

[Norman Wirzba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-wirzba/)

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## More by Norman Wirzba

> [“work is ultimately to be about a finer attunement to the world as the place of God’s sustaining presence. With an awareness of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/work-is-ultimately-to-be-about-a-finer-attunement-to-the-world-as-the/)

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> [“The root of all sin is fear: the very deep fear that we are nothing; the compulsion, therefore, to make something of ourselves, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/the-root-of-all-sin-is-fear-the-very-deep-fear-that-we-are-nothing/)

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> [“If the experience of delight presupposes a sustained, patient, sympathetic, and affectionate embrace of the world, then the decline of delight will be preceded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/if-the-experience-of-delight-presupposes-a-sustained-patient/)

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> [“Thanksgiving is the power that transforms desire and satisfaction, love and possession, into life, that fulfills everything in the world, given to us by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/thanksgiving-is-the-power-that-transforms-desire-and-satisfaction/)

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> [“To meet and know God people must therefore begin with a deep commitment to serve life as they meet it because this is where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/to-meet-and-know-god-people-must-therefore-begin-with-a-deep/)

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> [ “We were created as celebrants of the sacrament of life, of its transformation into life in God, communion with God … \[R\]eal life is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/we-were-created-as-celebrants-of-the-sacrament-of-life-of-its/)

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> [“The evidence of the early church suggests that the community of followers ate together regularly and often, and that in their eating they tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/the-evidence-of-the-early-church-suggests-that-the-community-of/)

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> [“The inability to understand the spiritual roots of gluttony (as the inability to sacrifice) or to appreciate a culture’s role in fostering this anxious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/the-inability-to-understand-the-spiritual-roots-of-gluttony-as-the/)

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> [“Fasting, in its most fundamental aspiration, is about developing a sacrificial, self-offering life that addresses and nurtures the needs of others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/fasting-in-its-most-fundamental-aspiration-is-about-developing-a/)

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> [“To “remember Jesus” in their eating was not simply to recall a past event. It was to call on Jesus and invite him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-wirzba/to-remember-jesus-in-their-eating-was-not-simply-to-recall-a-past/)

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