Henri J.M. Nouwen
A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us. ― Henri J.M. Nouwen
Category: Priest
Henri J.M. Nouwen
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family. ― Henri J.M. Nouwen
Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:where there is hatred, let me sow love;where there is injury, pardon;where there is doubt, faith;where there is despair, hope;where there is darkness, light;where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seekto be consoled as to console,to be understood as to… Continue reading Francis of Assisi
Juan de la Cruz
They can be like the sun, words. They can do for the heart what light can for a field. — Juan de la Cruz, The Poems of St. John of the Cross (University of Chicago Press, 1995, first published in 1929)
Martin Luther
Pray, and let God worry. ― Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546)
The Vale of Soul-Making 