Read moreWhen you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.
Read moreSolitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.
Henri Nouwen
The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering. Henri NouwenRead morePeople with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone.
Read moreOur Western society is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening ways, but the experience of fear, anxiety and even despair has increased in equal proportion. Indeed, the paradox is that the powerful giants feel as powerless as a new-born babe.
Read moreWhen we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to others with the faithful expectation that our strength will manifest itself in our shared weakness.