Item 1723 - Care: spirituality and everyday life

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CA ON00389 F4-9-1-1723

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Care: spirituality and everyday life

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  • December 1987 (Creation)

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1 p. of textual records

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(1932-1996)

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This item is a two page article by Henri Nouwen entitled, ‘Care’, published in Fellowship in Prayer, Vol. 38, No.6, December 1987, pp. 23 – 25. This item is a short excerpt from Henri Nouwen’s ‘Out of Solitude’. Nouwen begins by asking, ‘What does it mean to care?’ Nouwen then writes of the ambiguous ways in which the word ‘care’ is often used and the root meaning ‘Kara, which means lament’. Nouwen states, ‘Real care is not ambiguous. Real care excludes indifference and is the opposite of apathy’. Nouwen writes of different kinds of care and states, ‘The friend who cares makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters. In fact, it matters more than pain, illness, or even death’.

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      Published in Fellowship in Prayer 38, no. 6 (December 1987): 23-25.
      This item is an excerpt from, Nouwen, Henri: Out of Solitude, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame IN, 1974.

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      2000 01

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      Box 297

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      50-306

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      Added by L Joson, 13 November 2017
      Revised by L Joson, 22 June 2018

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