Henri Nouwen — 🕯️ Faith Quote

Faith opens us to receive the gift of community rather than striving to create it.

“Community is not an ideal to achieve but a gift to receive and faith opens our hands to receive it”

— Henri Nouwen

Faith opens us to receive the gift of community rather than striving to create it.

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More from Henri Nouwen

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us we often find it is those who have shared our pain”

— Henri Nouwen

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person means the most to us we often find it is those who instead of giving advice have chosen rather to share our pain”

— Henri Nouwen

“When we honestly ask ourselves which persons in our lives mean the most to us we often find that it is those who have chosen to share our pain.”

— Henri Nouwen

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion who can stay with us in an hour of grief is worth more than gold.”

— Henri Nouwen