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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Happy Thanksgiving
I have used these words before on this blog, and I still can think of none better than those of our Dominican mystic Meister Eckhart: If the only prayer you pray in your life is thank you, it will be enough.
The Wisdom of John Steinbeck
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. – John Steinbeck
Is Your Heart Open to Beauty or to Worries?
If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset. – Krishnamurti
How Far Have You Traveled?
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. – Henry Ward Beecher
Clap Along If You Feel like a Room without a Roof
People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. – Anton Chekhov
Where Are You Going?
If we don’t change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going. ― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
Never Give Up Dreaming
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. -C. S. Lewis
Loving Even the Storm
Love all God’s creation, the whole and every grain of sand of it. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive… Continue Reading “Loving Even the Storm”
