Let's dare to enter into an intimate relationship with God without fear, trusting that we will receive love and always more love.
Henri NouwenThe crisis of our prayer life is that our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from him.
Henri NouwenTo forgive another from the heart is an act of liberation. We set that person free from the negative bonds that exist between us. As long as we do not forgive we pull them with us, or worse, as a heavy load. The great temptation is to cling in anger to our enemies & then define ourselves as being offended & wounded by them. Forgiveness, therefore, liberates not only the other but also ourselves. It is the way to the freedom of the children of God.
Henri Nouwen