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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Wisdom from Joan Chittister
Mystery is what happens to us when we allow life to evolve rather than having to make it happen all the time. . . . Just to see. Just to notice. Just to be there. • Joan Chittister in The Gift of Years
Go On Pilgrimage
Unlike mere travel, a pilgrimage is a journey into the landscape of the soul. • Vivienne Hull in Pilgrim Heart by Sarah York
Silence
There are times when silence is the most sacred of responses. • Eugene Kennedy in The Wonders of Solitude edited by Dale Salwak
Mystery in the Cosmos
Occasionally – at a waterfall, on a walk, hugging someone we love- we glimpse a trace of infinity. Something inside us remembers the oneness. • Daniel C. Matt in God and the Big Bang
Oh, Wow!!
In every act, or any act, look at the wonder of God’s creation, and say, “Oh, wow!” Make that your goal for this year – say “Oh wow!” and mean it, at least once a day. • Terry Bookman in The Busy Soul
Forgiveness of the Violet
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. -Mark Twain in Untrain Your Parrot by Elizabeth Ham ilton
To Develop the Eye of an Artist
To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage. – Henri Matisse
Another View of Compassion
Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things. – Thomas Merton in The Mystic Hours by Wayne Teasdale
All Creation Teaches Us
One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these may have a valuable lesson to teach us. – Black Elk in All Our Relatives by Paul Goble
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