No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the fact that, beyond your anguish, there are human hands that hold you and show you God's faithful love.
Henri NouwenChristian life is not a life divided between times for action and times for contemplation. No. Real social action is a way of contemplation, and real contemplation is the core of social action.
Henri NouwenI want my work to create space where people can meet God, rather than give them something they can "apply" to their daily life.
Henri Nouwen