In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel.
Henri NouwenChristian community is the place where we keep the flame of hope alive among us and take it seriously so that it can grow and become stronger in us.
Henri NouwenA prayerful life is not a life in which we say many prayers, but a life in which nothing, absolutely nothing, is done, said, or understood independently of him who is the origin and purpose of our existence.
Henri Nouwen[Praying] demands that you take to the road again and again, leaving your house and looking forward to a new land for yourself and your [fellow human]. This is why praying demands poverty, that is, the readiness to live a life in which you have nothing to lose so that you always begin afresh.
Henri Nouwen