Hans Urs von Balthasar

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    Hans Urs von Balthasar quote. What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God

    What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God

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    Hans Urs von Balthasar quote. To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are

    To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are

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    Hans Urs von Balthasar quote. The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order to consecrate a human being to God and to communicate to that person the divine gift of birth from God

    The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order to consecrate a human being to God and to communicate to that person the divine gift of birth from God

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    Hans Urs von Balthasar quote. God defines himself as

    God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming

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    Hans Urs von Balthasar quote. What the Father gives is the capacity to be a self, freedom, and thus autonomy, but an autonomy which can be understood only as a surrender of self to the other

    What the Father gives is the capacity to be a self, freedom, and thus autonomy, but an autonomy which can be understood only as a surrender of self to the other

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