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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Dominican Life
To Bear in Mind the Universe
Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe. – Zen Master Dogen
Let Us Live the Questions
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full. – Thomas Merton
With What Am I Willing to Struggle in 2016?
When we ask ourselves what kind of world we want to leave behind, we think in the first place of its general direction, its meaning and its values. Unless we struggle with these deeper issues, I do not believe that our concern for ecology… Continue Reading “With What Am I Willing to Struggle in 2016?”
A Christian Earth-Conscious Spirituality
All the delegates have gone home from the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris. And our Earth and all her inhabitants await our action. I am interested in how such a [Christian] spirituality can motivate us to a more passionate concern for the protection of… Continue Reading “A Christian Earth-Conscious Spirituality”
What Meaning in Lola’s Face?
The universe unfolds in God, who fills it completely. Hence, there is a mystical meaning to be found in a leaf, in a mountain trail, in a dewdrop, in a poor person’s face.” – Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ 233
Creation – A Reflection of God’s Love
The entire material universe speaks of God’s love…boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God. – Pope Francis, Laudato Si‘ 84
We Are There
As Christians, we are also called “to accept the world as a sacrament of communion, as a way of sharing with God and our neighbors on a global scale. It is our humble conviction that the divine and the human met in the slightest… Continue Reading “We Are There”
Contemplation of the Beauty of Earth
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility. – Rachel Carson
Our Responsibility to Life
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life. – The Dalai Lama
Shall I Become a Lighthouse?
May I become an island for those seeking dry land A lamp for those needing light, A place of rest for those who desire one, And a servant for those needing service. – Shantideva
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