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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Month: October 2011
Finding the Cure in a Pumpkin Patch
The only cure is love, by Helen Caldicot I just walked around my garden. It is a sunny, fall day and white fleecy clouds are scudding across a clear, blue sky. The air is fresh and clear with no taint of chemical smells, and… Continue Reading “Finding the Cure in a Pumpkin Patch”
Preacher of Wonder
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder. E.B. White Charlotte’s Web Every morning I receive a daily quote from Gratefulness.org. After reading today’s, I knew there were many images that easily preach the presence of wonder. Are we listening?
Everybody is Unique
Everybody is unique. Do not compare yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum. – Baal Shem Tov
Being at Peace
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God. -Thomas Merton
Creation Gives Thanks
It is so thoughtful and commendable to thank those who do us favors that if we glance around, we see that when earth is regaled by heaven’s waters and sunlight, it sends forth grass and flowers in grateful payment for the gift. Very… Continue Reading “Creation Gives Thanks”
Contemplation of Creation
. . . their answer was their beauty. From today’s reading in the Psalter I asked the earth, the sea and the deeps, heaven, the sun, the moon and the stars….My questioning of them was my contemplation , and their answer was their… Continue Reading “Contemplation of Creation”
For the Beauty of the Earth
Our hymn at morning prayer today was “For the Beauty of the Earth.” For the beauty of the earth, For the glory of the skies; For the love which from our birth, Over and around us lies; Lord of all, to Thee we raise… Continue Reading “For the Beauty of the Earth”
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