Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.
Dietrich BonhoefferThe physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer.
Dietrich BonhoefferIf the heart is devoted to the mirage of the world, to the creature instead of the Creator, the disciple is lost... However urgently Jesus may call us, His call fails to find access to our hearts... for they have already been given to another.
Dietrich BonhoefferIn Jesus Christ we have been chosen from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity.
Dietrich BonhoefferWaiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot. But all too often the greedy eyes are only deceived; the fruit that seemed so precious is still green on the inside, and disrespected hands ungratefully toss aside what has so disappointed them.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer