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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Finding God
In the early evening we see the stars begin to appear as the sun disappears over the horizon. The light of day gives way to the darkness of night. A stillness, a healing quiet comes over the landscape. It’s a moment when some other world… Continue Reading “Finding God”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture
In thinking of culture, it is difficult to not think of food and how it brings us together. Food is our common ground, a universal experience. – James Beard
Wisdom from Walden
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Mystery
It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between. – Diane Ackerman
What Is More Important than Life?
Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what? – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Morning, a Sign of God’s Compassion
Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion. – Meister Eckhart
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
I wanted to find a quote for “Up”, this week’s photo challenge before the week got away, and one came via email from: inward/outward: A Project of the Church of the Savior. To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Up”
Our World, Full of God’s Gifts
You have given me Your love, filling the world with Your gifts. – Rabindranath Tagore, The Heart of God
Astonishingly Beautiful
To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. -Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Quoted in Age Doesn’t Matter Unless You’re Cheese, by Kathryn and Ross Petras
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