The mystery of ministry is that we have been chosen to make our own limited and very conditional love the gateway for… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The world is waiting for new saints, ecstatic men and women who are so deeply rooted in the love of God that… — 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… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
What is important is how well we love. God will make our love fruitful, whether we see that fruitfulness or not. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say to God: 'I love you, too.' — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover...… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Now I wonder whether I have sufficiently realized that during all this time God has been trying to find me, to know… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In other words, first we must call people to communion with God, to intimacy with God, to a sense of belonging. Most… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It's an incredible mystery of God's love that the more you know how deeply you are loved, the more you will see… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Somehow, somewhere, I know that God loves me, even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I speak of God's love and grace and redemption and freedom, but when I say "in the context of this community," it… — 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… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
One of the remarkable qualities of the story is that it creates space. We can dwell in a story, walk around, find… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The mystery of the spiritual life is that Jesus desires to meet us in the seclusion of our own heart, to make… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we… — 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
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
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
...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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's eyes, called… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share
In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share
Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share
