Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. – Galileo Galilei
The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective. – Mother Teresa
People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out. But when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within. – Elizabeth Kubler Ross
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. – Joseph Addison
We can learn whatever we need in nature because we are part of nature. Human beings are part of Creation. We live by the same laws as all of nature. – Anne Wilson-Schaef, Native Wisdom for White Minds
Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day. – Kent Nerburn
People usually say, “The sky is the limit.” I believe the sky is just the beginning. – Author unknown.
Tomorrow is the first day . . . the First Sunday of Advent. We enter into the darkest season of the year, and in the Christian tradition, we await the Coming of the Light. So, there is reason to be grateful, even for the… Continue Reading “Gratitude in the Darkness”