Henri J.m. NouwenTheological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in God.
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"Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in God." This quote from the priest Robert Sirico perfectly describes the beginning stages of faith. When a person begins to believe that God exists, he or she is called by faith. In these early stages of belief, it can be difficult to understand what God wants from us, for we are still limited by our own limited understanding.
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