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Henri Nouwen Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.



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In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.



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The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds...but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.



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O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.



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