Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, …

Henri Nouwen
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Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself.
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Forgiveness changes the way we remember. ✨ Henri J. M. Nouwen (2009). Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith, p.29, Harper Collins
Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community.
Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking. ✨ Henri J. M. Nouwen (2005). Peacework: Prayer, Resistance, Communi … ▶
The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection. ✨ Henri J. M. Nouwen (2017). You are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living, p.10, Hachette UK
In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh is my flesh, their blood is my blood, their pain is my pain, their smile … ▶

Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself.

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