Communion Quote by Henri Nouwen Download Open image “Jesus said Communion first, community comes out of that, and out of community, ministry.” — Henri Nouwen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comes Community Communion Communion Community Community Community Ministry Firsts Jesus Ministry Said Said Communion
When Jesus started His ministry, the very first thing He did was form a small group. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“For the disciple community, to be in communion with Jesus means to take active part in his mission. This is explicit in Mark’s Gospel” — Craig G. Bartholomew Copy Share Image
“Jesus’ ministry was not to the upper class, the educated, the elite or the most influential social figures. Jesus came and ministered among those… — Chris Heuertz Copy Share Image
Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The Christian churches were probably the only communion in antiquity that had no special place of worship but rather came together in the places… — Michael Moynagh Copy Share Image
“The New Testament church was all about being and making disciples of Jesus.” — Jim Putman Copy Share Image
At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar. — Timothy Radcliffe Copy Share Image
And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of… — Hans Kung 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
To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Not simply the righteousness of our Saviour, not simply the beauty of His holiness or the graces of His character, are we to put… — Adoniram Judson Gordon Copy Share Image
“Is the Lord’s Supper only for Christians? Whenever I ask this question I immediately remember the character of those that partook of the Last… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
“Laymen are not allowed to carry around the blessed Host to throw at people.” — John C Wright Copy Share Image
The answer to any challenge you are having has nothing to do with God's willingness to help. It has to do with your acceptance… — Michael Beckwith Copy Share Image
We seem to have lost contact with the earlier, more profound functions of art, which have always had to do with personal and collective… — Peter London Copy Share Image
The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”, is communion… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is not he who knows most, nor he who hears most, nor yet he who talks most, but he who exercises grace most,… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
True, the fragile bodies of his fellows do not weigh down his plane; true, the fretful minds of weaker men are missing from his… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
There are believers who by God's grace, have climbed the mountains of full assurance and near communion, their place is with the eagle in… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Communion gives us warmth. Singleness gives us light. At immeasurable distance stands one single star at the zenith. This star is the God and… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image