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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
From Bud to Blossom
“The flower doesn’t go from bud to blossom in one spritely burst and yet, as a culture, we’re disinterested in the tedium of the blossoming. But that’s where all the real magic unfolds in the making of one’s character and destiny.”
Always Search
“Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.”
Hiding in Plain Sight
“A scholar held his master had been holding back Zen’s central secrets from him. During a walk in the mountains the master asked if the scholar could smell the fragrance of the full-blown mountain laurels. “Yes,” said the scholar. “You see!” said the master.… Continue Reading “Hiding in Plain Sight”
Where Is God Born?
“God is born in us whenever we begin to live without a why…like the rose which lives without a why. “
Hello
“Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields … Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness. “
Are You a Friend of Silence
“God is the friend of silence. We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they move in silence.
Turning to the Light
“The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.”
A Joyful “Yes”
“Gratitude celebrates life with a joyful “yes” at every knot of the great network in which everything is connected to everything.”
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