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If what God says is the truest thing about us, then it makes sense to follow him and accept our condition as the starting point. Thomas Merton said, 'The reason we never enter into the deepest realit...

Brennan Manning

If what God says is the truest thing about us, then it makes sense to follow him and accept our condition as the starting point. Thomas Merton said, 'The reason we never enter into the deepest realit...

Tags: character of god, julian of norwich, thomas merton, true self, unconditional love

The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance m...

Brennan Manning

The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance m...

Tags: temptation

About Author
Richard Francis Xavier Manning, known as Brennan Manning (April 27, 1934 – April 12, 2013) was an American author, laicized priest, and public speaker. He is best known for his bestselling book The Ragamuffin Gospel.

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in...

Brennan Manning

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in...

Tags: life, gratitude, trust

When one of England’s finest writers, G. K. Chesterton, spoke of the furious love of God, he was referencing the enormous vitality and strength of the God of Jesus seeking union with us.

Brennan Manning

When one of England’s finest writers, G. K. Chesterton, spoke of the furious love of God, he was referencing the enormous vitality and strength of the God of Jesus seeking union with us.

Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen film, or a Bruce Springsteen concert. Most people understand imagery an...

Brennan Manning

Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen film, or a Bruce Springsteen concert. Most people understand imagery an...

Tags: music, redemption, sin

Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father.

Brennan Manning

Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father.

Tags: father, treasure, affection

Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

Brennan Manning

Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

Tags: risk, potential, without

My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He...

Brennan Manning

My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He...

Tags: trust, health, experience

By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor lived.

Brennan Manning

By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor lived.

Tags: grace, lived, gospel

God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.

Brennan Manning

God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.

Tags: you, nobody, should

The forgiveness of God is gratuitous liberation from guilt. Paradoxically, the conviction of personal sinfulness becomes the occasion of encounter with the merciful love of the redeeming God. "There w...

Brennan Manning

The forgiveness of God is gratuitous liberation from guilt. Paradoxically, the conviction of personal sinfulness becomes the occasion of encounter with the merciful love of the redeeming God. "There w...

Tags: forgiveness, god, sin

Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love.

Brennan Manning

Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love.

Tags: love, living, house

Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.

Brennan Manning

Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.

Tags: believe, i believe, spirit

Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.

Brennan Manning

Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.

Tags: journey, death, evil

Sin and forgiveness and falling and getting back up and losing the pearl of great price in the couch cushions but then finding it again, and again, and again? Those are the stumbling steps to becoming...

Brennan Manning

Sin and forgiveness and falling and getting back up and losing the pearl of great price in the couch cushions but then finding it again, and again, and again? Those are the stumbling steps to becoming...

Tags: great, losing, world

Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.

Brennan Manning

Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.

Tags: trust, faith, down

At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is pretend we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual...

Brennan Manning

At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is pretend we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual...

Tags: grace, jesus, sinner, the ragamuffin gospel

To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means.

Brennan Manning

To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means.

Tags: religion, spiritual

This vulgar grace is indiscriminate compassion. It works without asking anything of us. It's not cheap. It's free, and as such will always be a banana peel for the Orthodox foot and a fairy tale for t...

Brennan Manning

This vulgar grace is indiscriminate compassion. It works without asking anything of us. It's not cheap. It's free, and as such will always be a banana peel for the Orthodox foot and a fairy tale for t...

I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a beni...

Brennan Manning

I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a beni...

Tags: christianity, faith, jesus, spiritual