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Henri Nouwen Quotes: When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.
         

When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.


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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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