Giving Quotes by Joan D. Chittister

8 Giving quotes by Joan D. Chittister

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Joan D. Chittister’s reflections turn giving into a contemplative practice, inviting readers to consider the deeper meaning behind each act. Eight quotes make for a succinct, meditative read.

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In Benedictine spirituality, work is what we do to continue what God wanted done…God goes on creating through us. Consequently a life…

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For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really…

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The question is not, do we go to church; the question is, have we been converted. The crux of Christianity is not…

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Humor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing. Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective.…

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To be contemplative we must remove the clutter from our lives, surround ourselves with beauty, and consciously, relentlessly, persistently, give clutter away…

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It is in community that we come to see God in the other. It is in community that we see our own…

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The Christmas season is a gift in itself. It releases us from the priorities of ordinary time and gives us the right…

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There is a built-in danger in old age which, if we give in to it, makes aging one of the most difficult…

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A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.

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To be enlightened is to know that heaven is not "coming." Heaven is here.

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We don't change as we get older - we just get to be more of what we've always been.

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We may well be the ones Proverbs warns when it reminds us: "Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks…

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Today we live in a world that judges its achievements by speed and busyness. Â… We are so busy making things happen that we…

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My limitations make space for the gifts of other people. Without the grace of our limitations we would be isolated, dry, and insufferable creatures…

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Humility is authenticity. It comes from the Latin word humus, meaning "earth." As the church has taught, we're made of dust, and unto dust…

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Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community.

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Prophets are so dangerous because they cry in season and out of season, politely and impolitely, loud and long.

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“We don't change as we get older - we just get to be ore of what we've always been.”

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“What happens to the spiritual life of a young girl who is made to understand, consciously or subconsciously, that she has no place in…

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Old age tells us that we ourselves have failed often, have never really done anything completely right, have never truly been perfect - anad…

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But we are here to depart from this world as finished as we can possibly become.

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“Whatever happens to the body, what toll age takes on the physical, the spirit does not grow old. In our dreams, in the way…

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Two ideas militate against our consciously contributing to a better world. The idea that we can do everything or the conclusion that we can…

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