Suppressing the Spirit – Nov. 18, 2019
This week, daily quotations for your reflection are from Henri Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership (New York: Crossroad, 1989). “After twenty-five years of priesthood, I found myself praying poorly, living somewhat isolated from other people, and very much pre-occupied with burning issues. Everyone was saying that I was doing really […]
Free to Sing – June 25, 2019
“The paradox of hospitality is that it wants to create emptiness—not a fearful emptiness, but a friendly emptiness where strangers can enter and discover themselves as created free; free to sing their own songs, speak their own languages, dance their own dances; free also to leave and follow their own vocations.” -Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out
Healing – Apr. 2, 2019
“One of the greatest challenges of the spiritual life is to receive God’s forgiveness.” -Henri Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son
Waiting as a Disciple – Dec. 20, 2018
“Waiting is essential to the spiritual life. But waiting as a disciple of Jesus is not an empty waiting. It is a waiting with a promise in our hearts that makes already present what we are waiting for. We wait during Advent for the birth of Jesus. We are always waiting, but it is awaiting […]
