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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Finding God
Lead a Listening Life
Lead a listening life. Order your outward life so that nothing drowns out the listening. – Thomas R. Kelly, A Testament of Devotion
Finding the Treasure
Finding the treasure is only the beginning of the search. -Henri Nouwen, from The Inner Voice of Love
Have We Come Far Enough to Find God?
It could be that God has not absconded but spread, as our vision and understanding of the universe have spread, to a fabric of spirit and sense so grand and subtle, so powerful in a new way, that we can only feel blindly of… Continue Reading “Have We Come Far Enough to Find God?”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Illuminate
What better illumination is there than that which comes from our God when we find ourselves in the dark are in need of light? The Gospel Acclamation for the Liturgy this day is: Alleluia, alleluia. The people who sit in darkness have seen… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Illuminate”
Where Do We Find Ourselves?
In Thursday’s Gospel reading (Luke 15:1-10) we read: Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.I tell you . . . there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need… Continue Reading “Where Do We Find Ourselves?”
What Do We Long to See?
Wednesday’s Responsorial Psalm (from Psalm 27) speaks of the deepest longings of our hearts: One thing I ask of God; this I seek: to dwell in the house of God all the days of my life, that I may gaze on the loveliness of… Continue Reading “What Do We Long to See?”
What Is God’s Desire . . . My Desire?
Saturday’s Responsorial Psalm from Psalm 42 reminds us of our longing for God. And since we are made in the image and likeness of God, it also tells us of God’s longing for us. My soul is thirsting for the living God. As the… Continue Reading “What Is God’s Desire . . . My Desire?”
Where Do You Find God?
In Saturday’s Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 122), the psalmist declares: I rejoiced because they said to me, ‘We will go up to the house of the Lord.’” We so readily recognize churches and cathedrals as houses of God. But where might we find God besides… Continue Reading “Where Do You Find God?”
Sheep Know the Voice of the Shepherd
In Thursday’s Gospel reading from Luke 11, Jesus tells the Pharisees, “Woe to you!” because they led people in the wrong direction. The Gospel Acclamation prior to this reading is: My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow… Continue Reading “Sheep Know the Voice of the Shepherd”
Let Us Be Like the Deer
The entrance antiphon for Monday expresses our desire for God. The reference is Psalm 41:2-3. Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for… Continue Reading “Let Us Be Like the Deer”
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