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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Hope / Healing
Wednesday of Hope – Embrace Radical Presence
The most radical thing any of us can do at this time is to be fully present to what is happening in the world. – Joanna Macy
Wednesday of Hope – Possibilities
If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, then there is a possibility that you can contribute to making… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Possibilities”
Wednesday of Hope – Rainbows
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments — can see a possibility of hope. – Maya Angelou
Wednesday of Hope – Not Losing Hope
There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster. – Dalai Lama
Wednesday of Hope – Hopefulness Is Not Romantic
To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Hopefulness Is Not Romantic”
Wednesday of Hope – We Are Never Hopeless
We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken. – John Green, Looking for Alaska
Wednesday of Hope – Unfailing Love
What gives me hope is that life unfailingly responds to the advances of love. – Nipun Mehta
Wednesday of Hope – Don’t Stop Dreaming
We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming – well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate. – Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses
Wednesday of Hope – the Winds Will Carry You
I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – the Winds Will Carry You”
Wednesday of Hope – In a World Full of Peril
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – In a World Full of Peril”
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