When you are still young and not yet adult, you want to hold everything in your own hands, but if you have your hands open toward prayer, you are able to stretch out your arms and let yourself be led without knowing where. You know only the freedom which God's breath has brought you will lead to new life, even if the cross is the only sign of it you can see.


Lent and Easter Wisdom from Henri J. M. Nouwen (ed. 2005) - ISBN: 9780764812866

Henri Nouwen Quotes

When you are still young and not yet adult, you want to hold everything in your own hands, but if you have your hands open toward prayer, you are...

When you are still young and not yet adult, you want to hold everything in your own hands, but if you have your hands open toward prayer, you are...

When you are still young and not yet adult, you want to hold everything in your own hands, but if you have your hands open toward prayer, you are...

When you are still young and not yet adult, you want to hold everything in your own hands, but if you have your hands open toward prayer, you are...