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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Beauty is a Deep Opening
When we come upon beautiful things, they act like small tears in the surface of the world that pull us through to some vaster space. – Elaine Scary
Wednesday of Hope – Look to This Day
Look to this day for it is life the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the realities and truths of existence the joy of growth the splendor of action the glory of power. For yesterday is but a memory And… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Look to This Day”
God in All Things
Either we acknowledge that God is in all things, or we have lost the basis for seeing God in anything. – Richard Rohr
Wednesday of Hope – Restoring Hope
We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace. – Pope Francis
Spirituality Means Waking Up
Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don’t know it, are asleep. They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the… Continue Reading “Spirituality Means Waking Up”
Wednesday of Hope – Building Hope
Song of the Builders On a summer morning I sat down on a hillside to think about God – a worthy pastime. Near me, I saw a single cricket; it was moving the grains of the hillside this way and that way. How great… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Building Hope”
A River Runs through It
Running water is a puny thing compared to solid rock. Without geologic time, neither sedimentary rocks nor canyons could exist. Deep time gives water dominion over rock… – L. Powell
Wednesday of Hope – What Is Defeat?
What is defeat?…Nothing but the first step to something better. – Wendell Berry When I hiked Mount Whitney with my friends Abby and Carolyn, we did not make it all the way to the tippity-top. We made it to Trail Crest at 13, 600… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – What Is Defeat?”
Observe the Wonders around you
Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. – Jalaluddin Rumi
Wednesday of Hope – What Is Hope Pinned on?
When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens like one of those fluted Japanese blossoms, flimsy and spastic, bright and warm. This almost always seems to happen in community. – Anne Lamott, “The Impossible… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – What Is Hope Pinned on?”
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