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    Henri J. M. Nouwen
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    In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.

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    Ambrose of Milan
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    Matthew 6:14-15, Proverbs 20:22, Colossians 3:12-13, Romans 12:19, 1 Peter 3:9, Ephesians 4:31-32, Matthew 5:44
    No one heals himself by wounding another.

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    Eugene O’Neill
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    John 21:15-19, Luke 15:11-32, Mark 5:25-34, Mark 2:1-12, Colossians 1:17, Jeremiah 18:4, 2 Corinthians 12:9
    Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.

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    Ovid
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    Genesis 50:15-21, 1 Samuel 1:1-20, Lamentations 3:19-24 , John 11:32-35 , Luke 7:36-50, Psalm 56:8
    Truly, it is allowed to weep. By weeping, we disperse our wrath; and tears go through the heart, even like a stream.

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    Harry Emerson Fosdick
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    Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love ...

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    Howard Thurman
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    Matthew 28:18-20, Luke 4:18-19, Luke 15:3-7, Matthew 11:28-30, Matthew 25:35-40, Galatians 5:13, Matthew 5:9, John 13:34-35, Philippians 4:4-7, Matthew 5:14-16
    When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with the flocks, then the work of Christmas begins: to find t...

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    Rick Warren
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    Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts."

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    Brennan Manning
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    2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Psalm 34:18, Ephesians 5:13, Romans 8:28, Galatians 6:2
    In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light fo...

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    Richard Plass and James Cofield
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    Hebrews 4:15-16, James 5:16, Matthew 11:28-30, Psalm 147:3, Romans 8:28, Psalm 34:18
    What often continues to shape our stories (interpretations) are the implicit emotional responses to our wounds. We must be willing to attend to our wounds and address the emotions embedded in our woun...

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    N. T. Wright
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    Revelation 21:4, John 10:10, Jeremiah 30:17, Luke 4:18-19, 1 Peter 2:24, Matthew 11:28-30, Psalm 147:3
    The living God has come with healing and hope in Jesus Christ, has picked up the battered and dying world, and has bound up its wounds and set it on the road to full health.

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    Ovid
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    2 Timothy 2:3-4, Psalm 18:32-34, Philippians 4:13, Romans 8:37, Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Galatians 6:9
    The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms.

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    Pope Francis
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    Romans 12:13, Proverbs 19:17, Isaiah 58:10, Galatians 6:2, 1 John 3:17-18, James 2:15-17
    Like the Good Samaritan, may we not be ashamed of touching the wounds of those who suffer, but try to heal them with concrete acts of love.

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    Henri J. M. Nouwen
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    Colossians 3:12-13, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Job 2:11, Galatians 6:2, Romans 12:15
    When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain an...

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    Stanley Kunitz
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    Romans 5:3-4, Lamentations 3:31-32, Psalm 73:26, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Philippians 4:6-7, Matthew 11:28-30, Isaiah 61:3
    How shall my heart be reconciled to its feast of losses?

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    Blaise Pascal
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    Philippians 3:13-14, Romans 12:18, Colossians 3:13, James 5:16, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Psalm 147:3
    Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.

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    Christine Langley-Obaugh
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    Jeremiah 31:19, Colossians 3:13, Matthew 5:23-24, Isaiah 1:18, Proverbs 28:13, James 5:16
    We repeat what we don’t repair.

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    George Carlin
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    People can't seem to get it through their heads that there is never any healing or closure. Ever. There is only a short pause before the next "horrifying" event. People forget there is s...

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    Walter Brueggemann
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    Psalm 23:1-5, Luke 12:22-34, John 6:1-13 , Isaiah 5:1-3 , 1 Kings 17:7-16
    Jesus reminds us that the wounds of scarcity can be healed only by faith in God’s promise of abundance.

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    John Chrysostom
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    Matthew 5:4, Psalm 6:6, Isaiah 1:18, Jeremiah 31:9, James 4:9-10, Joel 2:12-13, Psalm 51:17
    The fire of sin is intense, but it is put out by a small amount of tears, for the tear puts out a furnace of faults, and cleans our wounds of sin.

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    John Newton
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    Philippians 2:9-11, Matthew 9:21-22, Psalm 147:3, Matthew 8:26-27, Acts 4:12, John 11:43-44, Matthew 9:28-29
    How sweet the name of Jesus sounds, in a believer’s ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, and drives away his fear.

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    John Eldredge
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    Isaiah 61:1, Revelation 21:4, Jeremiah 31:9, Psalm 6:6, James 5:16, Matthew 5:4
    A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.

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    Marc Lewis
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    Jeremiah 29:11, 1 John 1:9, Psalm 32:5, Romans 8:1, Isaiah 43:18-19
    I see my past drinking as a behavioral problem, a learned response to dealing (or not dealing) with emotional pain and stress. Once I achieved the excavation of my wounds, I no longer lived with the s...

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    Francis Bacon
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    Wounds cannot be cured without searching.

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    Publilius Syrus
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    Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.

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    Pope Francis
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    I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then...

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    Ashley Hales
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    Psalm 34:8, Jeremiah 31:25, Matthew 4:4, Revelation 7:16-17, Isaiah 55:1, Psalm 107:9, John 6:35
    Healing begins at the place of hunger.

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    Groucho Marx
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    Time wounds all heels.

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    Anne Wilson Schaef
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    Philippians 4:6-7, Isaiah 55:12, Psalm 19:1-2, Matthew 11:28-30, Jeremiah 31:25
    When we need these healing times, there is nothing better than a good long walk. It is amazing how the rhythmic movements of the feet and legs are so intimately attached to cobweb cleaners in the brai...

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    Wendell Berry
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    Psalm 133:1, Genesis 1:31, 1 Peter 4:10, Romans 12:4-5, Matthew 18:20, 1 Thessalonians 5:11
    Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of Creation.

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    Mal McKissock and Dianne McKissock
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    Lamentations 3:22-23, John 14:27, Revelation 21:4, Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 147:3
    One of the greatest needs of all bereaved people is to have access to someone who will take a risk and be involved—someone who is not afraid of intense feelings, but who will encourage their expressio...
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