Quotemeal: Aug. 7th, 1947

Thursday, August 7, 1947

"Living for others, commitment to God's redeeming purposes, is a means of grace. We give because of our faith, and it deepens as we give. If we permit ourselves and our people to give casually, we are really teaching contempt."
— Richard S. Emrich

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"We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help."
— Henri Nouwen —
"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless we preach as we walk."
— Francis of Assisi —
"Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing."
— John of the Cross —
"The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example."
— Thomas Morell —

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Illustration of Richard S. Emrich — "Living for others, commitment to God's redeeming purposes, is a means of grace. We give because of our faith, and it deepens as we give. If we permit ourselves and our people to give casually, we are really teaching contempt."

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