Henri Nouwen Quotes About Blessings

Quotes about: Blessings

• Any dance of celebration must weave both the sorrows and the blessings into a joyful step....To heal is to let the Holy Spirit call me to dance, to believe again, even amid my pain, that God will orchestrate and guide my life.

  Henri Nouwen

  Pain, Believe, Blessing

• Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . .

  Henri Nouwen

  Memories, Blessing, Way

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2009). “Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith”, p.29, Harper Collins

• the real "work" of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me. To gently push aside and silence the many voices that question my goodness and to trust that I will hear the voice of blessing-- that demands real effort.

  Henri Nouwen

  Prayer, Real, Blessing

• Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing they will move mountains and change the hearts of people wherever they go.

  Henri Nouwen

  Moving, Heart, Blessing

• Precisely where I feel my poverty is where I discover God's blessing.

  Henri Nouwen

  Blessing, Poverty, Feels

• The Church will always be renewed when our attention shifts from ourselves to those who need our care. The blessing of Jesus always comes to us through the poor. The most remarkable experience of those who work with the poor is that, in the end, the poor give more than they receive. They give food to us.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Blessing, Giving

• To give someone a blessing is the most significant affirmation we can offer.

  Henri Nouwen

  Blessing, Giving, Affirmation

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “Discernment: Reading the signs of daily life”, p.169, SPCK

• The most important thing I've come to believe in is that people with mental handicaps have a unique mission to bring God's blessing to the World.

  Henri Nouwen

  Believe, Unique, Blessing

  Source: www.liguorian.org

• I'm learning that the blessing is located in our poor people, in people who are weak; they are the ones we should stay close to, not because they need us but because we need to receive from them the blessing.

  Henri Nouwen

  Blessing, People, Needs

  Source: www.liguorian.org

• What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like the fertile ground for greater trust, stronger hope, and deeper love.

  Henri Nouwen

  Blessing, Agony, Stronger

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