Henri Nouwen Quotes About Jesus

• To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God.

  Henri Nouwen

  Dios, Cristiano, Religioso

  Henri Nouwen (2011). “The Selfless Way of Christ: Downward Mobility and the Spiritual Life”, p.27, Orbis Books

• Para Jesús, no hay países que conquistar, ni ideologías que imponer, ni pueblos que dominar. Sólo hay niños, mujeres y hombres a los que amar.

  Henri Nouwen

  País, Jesús, Niños

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2005). "Trabajo por la paz: Oración, resistencia, comunidad", Edicoes Loyola

• Toda la vida y la misión de Jesús implican aceptar la impotencia y revelar en esta impotencia lo ilimitado del amor de Dios. Aquí vemos lo que significa la compasión. No es inclinarse hacia los desfavorecidos desde una posición privilegiada; no es tender la mano desde lo alto a los que son menos afortunados abajo; no es un gesto de simpatía o lástima por los que no consiguen ascender. Al contrario, la compasión significa ir directamente a aquellas personas y lugares donde el sufrimiento es más agudo y construir allí un hogar.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Mean, Home

• Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Blessed, Broken

• La cuestión no es: ¿Cuánta gente te toma en serio? ¿Cuánto vas a conseguir? ¿Puedes mostrar algunos resultados? sino: ¿Estás enamorado de Jesús?

  Henri Nouwen

  Cristiano, Jesús, Oración

• We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in creation and have to decide to entertain ourselves until we die. But we were sent into the world by God, just as Jesus was. Once we start living our lives with that conviction, we will soon know what we were sent to do.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Tasks, World

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “Discernment: Reading the signs of daily life”, p.129, SPCK

• Jesus invites us to abide in his love. That means to dwell with all that I am in him. It is an invitation to a total belonging, to full intimacy, to an unlimited being-with. The light of the Spirit reveals to us that love conquers all fear.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Jesus, Mean

• Jesús tiene que ser y convertirse cada vez más en el centro de mi vida. No basta con que Jesús sea mi maestro, mi guía, mi fuente de inspiración. Ni siquiera basta con que sea mi compañero de viaje, mi amigo y mi hermano. Jesús debe convertirse en el corazón de mi corazón, el fuego de mi vida, el amor de mi alma, el esposo de mi espíritu. Debe convertirse en mi único pensamiento, mi única preocupación, mi único deseo.

  Henri Nouwen

  Maestro, Hermano, Jesús

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (1992). "Jesús y María: Encontrar nuestro centro sagrado"

• All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a promise in their hearts that guided them toward the future without the need to know exactly what it would look like. Let's live with hope.

  Henri Nouwen

  Espiritual, Jesús, Corazón

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2009). “Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith”, p.16, Harper Collins

• Jesus.. says, 'Let go of your complaints, forgive those who loved you poorly, step over your feelings of being rejected, and have the courage to trust that you won't fall into an abyss of nothingness but into the safe embrace of a God whose love will heal all your wounds.

  Henri Nouwen

  Letting Go, Jesus, Fall

• The way of Jesus is radically different. It is the way not of upward mobility but of downward mobility. It is going to the bottom, staying behind the sets and choosing the last place! Why is the way of Jesus worth choosing? Because it is the way to the Kingdom, the way Jesus took, and the way that brings everlasting life.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Different, Mobility

• Without Pentecost the Christ-event - the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus - remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think about and reflect on. The Spirit of Jesus comes to dwell within us, so that we can become living Christs here and now.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Jesus, Thinking

• I know that I have to move from speaking about Jesus to letting him speak within me, from thinking about Jesus to letting him think within me, from acting for and with Jesus to letting him act through me. I know the only way for me to see the world is to see it through his eyes.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Moving, Eye

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2011). “Finding Our Sacred Center: A Journey to Inner Peace”, p.8, Twenty-Third Publications

• To be baptized means to make the passage with the people of Israel and with Jesus from slavery to freedom and from death to new life. It is a commitment to a life in and through Jesus.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Mean, Commitment

• Lord Jesus, master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We whose hearts are heavy seek the joy of your presence. We are your people, walking in darkness, yet seeking the light. To you we say, 'Come Lord Jesus!'

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Heart, Light

• Es esta nada (en soledad) a la que tengo que enfrentarme en mi soledad, una nada tan espantosa que todo en mí quiere correr hacia mis amigos, mi trabajo y mis distracciones para poder olvidar mi nada y hacerme creer que valgo algo. La tarea es perseverar en mi soledad, permanecer en mi celda hasta que todos mis seductores visitantes se cansen de aporrear mi puerta y me dejen en paz. La sabiduría del desierto es que la confrontación con nuestra propia y aterradora nada nos obliga a entregarnos total e incondicionalmente al Señor Jesucristo.

  Henri Nouwen

  Running, Jesus, Believe

• Home is the center of my being where I can hear the voice that says: 'You are my Beloved, on you my favor rests' - the same voice that gave life to the first Adam and spoke to Jesus, the second Adam; the same voice that speaks to all the children of God and sets them free to live in the midst of a dark world while remaining in the light.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Children, Home

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.37, Image

• Jesus came to announce to us that an identity based on success, popularity and power is a false identity- an illusion! Loudly and clearly he says: 'You are not what the world makes you; but you are children of God.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Children, Identity

• Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God's house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they know about Jesus or not. Today I see it as my call to help every person claim his or her own way to God.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Believe, Doors

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2008). “A Restless Soul: Meditations from the Road”

• Jesús dijo primero la Comunión, de ahí sale la comunidad, y de la comunidad, el ministerio.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesús, Comunidad, Ministerio

  Fuente: www.liguorian.org

• Jesus says, "Keep your heart on the kingdom first. Keep your heart on God's love. Keep focused on the fact that you are God's beloved daughter or son. That's the truth of who you are.

  Henri Nouwen

  Daughter, Jesus, Heart

  Fuente: www.liguorian.org

• No desesperes, pensando que no puedes cambiarte a ti mismo después de tantos años. Simplemente entra en la presencia de Jesús tal como eres y pídele que te dé un corazón sin miedo donde Él pueda estar contigo. No puedes cambiarte a ti mismo. Jesús vino a darte un corazón nuevo, un espíritu nuevo, una mente nueva y un cuerpo nuevo. Deja que te transforme con su amor y te capacite así para recibir su afecto en todo tu ser.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesús, Corazón, Pensamiento

• Each individual human being can claim the Spirit of Jesus as the guiding spirit of his or her life. In that Spirit we can speak and act freely and confidently with the knowledge that the same Spirit that inspired Jesus is inspiring us.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Jesus, Inspired

• Jesus does not respond to our worry-filled way of living by saying that we should not be so busy with worldly affairs. He does not try to pull us away from the many events, activities, and people that make up our lives. . . . He asks us to shift the point of gravity, to relocate the center of our attention, to change our priorities. Jesus does not speak about a change of activities, a change in contacts, or even a change of pace. He speaks about a change of heart.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Heart, Worry

• Only in the context of the great encounter with Jesus can a real authentic struggle take place. The encounter with Christ does not take place before, after, or beyond the struggle with our false self and its demons. No, it is precisely in the midst of this struggle that our Lord comes to us and says, as he said to the old man in the story: ‘As soon as you turned to me again, you see I was beside you.’

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Real, Struggle

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2016). “The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen”, p.19, HarperCollins

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