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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Finding God
Fill Us at Daybreak with Your Kindness
Today’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 90. May we, not only at daybreak, but everyday, recognize the kindness with which our God fills and surrounds us. May our eyes be opened to God’s beauty, and our hearts, by God’s love. In every age, O… Continue Reading “Fill Us at Daybreak with Your Kindness”
You Will Show Me the Path to Life
From Thursday’s Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 16) we read: Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope. You will show me the path to life, fullness of joys in your presence, the delights at your right hand forever. Keep me safe, O God; you… Continue Reading “You Will Show Me the Path to Life”
Let Us Set Our Sails
The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails. -Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa I was in Santa Cruz on the weekend with my family. What a wonderful time! The weather was perfect! We saw dolphins, pelicans, sailboats,… Continue Reading “Let Us Set Our Sails”
God’s Glory is above all the Earth
In today’s Responsorial Psalm (Ps. 57) we read, I will give thanks to you among the peoples, O LORD, I will chant your praise among the nations. For your mercy towers to the heavens, and your faithfulness to the skies. Be exalted above the… Continue Reading “God’s Glory is above all the Earth”
Loving God’s Creation
I remember reading Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov when I was in high school. If there were quotes like this in Dostoevsky’s books, I missed them entirely. Of course I was 18, and likely not looking in the same way. It is… Continue Reading “Loving God’s Creation”
How Can We Contain God?
King Solomon, who built a great temple to “hold” God, knew that God could not be contained there. Where are the places we try to contain and constrain God? No matter how wonderful and perfect they may seem to be to us, it would… Continue Reading “How Can We Contain God?”
How Do We Welcome Christ through the Doors of our Lives?
Today’s responsorial psalm is Psalm 24. We hear: Lift up, you gates, your lintels Reach up you, ancient portals That the King of Glory may come in! Who is this King of Glory? It is each and every person we meet. Let us greet… Continue Reading “How Do We Welcome Christ through the Doors of our Lives?”
As the Deer Longs for Springs of Water . . . .
The first psalm for our morning prayer today is Psalm 42. Like a deer that longs for springs of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. My soul thirst for God, the living God: when shall I come and stand before the… Continue Reading “As the Deer Longs for Springs of Water . . . .”
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