Henri Nouwen Quotes:
Ocupation: Priest
Life: January 24, 1932 - September 21, 1996
Birthday: January 24
Death: September 21
Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what compassion means. It is not a bending toward the underprivileged from a privileged position; it is not a reaching out from on high to those who are less fortunate below; it is not a gesture of sympathy or pity for those who fail to make it in the upward pull. On the contrary, compassion means going directly to those people and places where suffering is most acute and building a home there.
topic: Jesus, Home, Mean, Less Fortunate, Underprivileged, Powerlessness, Building A Home
