Quotable — Laying down your Life

Quotable — Laying down your Life April 14, 2014

Good Shepherds are willing to lay down their lives for their sheep.   As spiritual leaders walking in the footsteps of Jesus, we are called to lay down our lives for our people.  This laying down might in special circumstances mean dying for others.  But it means first of all making our own lives – our sorrows and joys, our despair and hope, our loneliness and experience of intimacy – available to others as sources of new life.


One of the greatest gifts we can give others is ourselves.  We offer consolation and comfort, especially in moments of crisis, when we say:  “Do not be afraid, I know what you are living and I am living it with you.  You are not alone.”  Thus we become Christ-like shepherds.


– Henri Nouwen


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