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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Dominican Life
For the Beauty of the Earth
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson
Today Is the Feast of Our Dominican Brother, Thomas Aquinas
Wonder is the desire for knowledge. – Saint Thomas Aquinas
Weekly Photo Challenge: Family
Truly, Earth is our family, and we need to help her to flourish as much as diligently as we prepare our children for the future. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. – Native American Proverb
The Dominican St. Albert the Great
Saint Albert the Great was a Dominican friar who lived in the 13th century. He was named, by virtue of his writings and teachings, a Doctor of the Church in 1931. He is well known for having been the teacher of another great Dominican… Continue Reading “The Dominican St. Albert the Great”
Dominican Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Marin de Porres was well known for healing. He, a mestizo, never forgot his heritage and tended to the needs of the poor indigenous people of Lima. Once, after having been scolded by his superior for bringing an injured man to his room… Continue Reading “Dominican Saint Martin de Porres”
Perservere
When we persevere with the help of a gentle discipline, we slowly come to hear the still, small voice and to feel the delicate breeze, and so to come to know the presence of Love. – Henri Nouwen
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
This is very special feast for Dominicans (laity, sisters, nuns, and friars) all over the world. There is a story (which although is probably not factual, must be true, as all wonderful stories are) that Mary gave the rosary to Dominic and asked him… Continue Reading “Today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary”
Today is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi is probably one of the best known and loved saints. He is the founder of the Franciscan Order; he and St. Dominic, who founded the Order of Preachers, were contemporaries. One of his sayings that is especially loved by Dominicans… Continue Reading “Today is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi”
Another Favorite Poet: Wendell Berry
To live, we must daily break the body and shed the blood of creation. When we do it knowingly, lovingly, skillfully, reverently, it is a sacrament. When we do it ignorantly, greedily, destructively, it is a desecration. – Wendell Berry, The Gift of Good… Continue Reading “Another Favorite Poet: Wendell Berry”
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