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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The Forest Is Sacredness
The forest is not merely an expression or representation of sacredness, nor a place to invoke the sacred; the forest is sacredness itself.
- Richard Nelson
Broken but Blooming
We’re all broken but blooming. The lilacs are another brilliant mirror of who we can grow to be, and already are.
- Eric Alan
Look Deeply
When we look deeply at a flower, we can see the whole cosmos contained in it.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Youth of April
“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”
— William Shakespeare
Unlocking Flowers
“Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.”
— Bishop Reginald Heber
Laughter
The earth laughs in flowers.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
April Flowers
“April brings the primrose sweet, scatters daisies at our feet.”
— Sara Coleridge
What Makes Flowers Beautiful
“Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light, and that makes them beautiful.”
— Jim Carrey
Where Does Hope Bloom?
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”
— Lady Bird Johnson
Rewriting Genesis
“Every April, God rewrites the book of Genesis.”
— Unknown
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