September 21, 2026
Before Birth and After Death
I am a human being who was loved by God before I was born and whom God will love after I die. This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love. When I die love continues to be active, and from full communion with God I am present by love to those I leave behind.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
- Ephesians 1: 3
Reflection Question: On this day when we remember Henri Nouwen’s untimely death 30 years ago, how will you give yourself to receiving, deepening, growing, and giving love?
