Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Surely this doesn’t happen to you. Imagine being in the middle of an engrossing project, one that needs to be finished within the hour/day/week. And along comes a person/phone call/incident that interrupts this all-important (truly) task. It’s not hard for me to imagine myself… Continue Reading “Finding God in the Interruptions”
Today I am sharing Sister Gervaise Valpey’s reflection on tomorrow’s reading for the 3rd Wednesday in Lent. Tuesday, Third Week of Lent March 13, 2012 Daniel 3: 25, 34-43; Matthew 1: 21-35 The reading from Daniel 3:25, 34-43 encourages us to delve deeper into our… Continue Reading “Teach Me Your Paths, O Lord”
Today’s antiphonal response from Psalm 105 is: Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
When before the beauty of a sunset or a mountain, you pause and exclaim, “Ah,” you are participating in divinity. – Joseph Campbell When you see a beautiful sunset on the way (especially in winter) it’s good to go up on the roof to… Continue Reading “Climb up to the Roof and Enjoy the Sunset”
I couldn’t get to writing a post last night or this morning. But a friend posted the following on my Facebook page. I’m goin’ with it! Good morning, this is God. I will be handling all your problems today. I will not need your… Continue Reading “Some Days You Just Have to Leave It to God!”
Today’s Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 25 Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant. Your ways, O LORD, make known to me; teach me your paths, Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God… Continue Reading “Teach Me Your Paths”
Today’s First Reading is a wonderful passage from the 43rd chapter of the Prophet Isaiah. For me it brings to mind a promise from the Prophet Jeremiah. God has plans for us . . . something new that we can’t even begin to imagine.… Continue Reading “God Is Always Doing Something New”
Today’s Gospel reading is from Mark 8 Jesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,… Continue Reading “Take Up Your Cross or the Cost of Discipleship”
We feel we must disagree with those prophets of doom, who are always forecasting disaster, as though the end of the world were at hand . . . In the present order of things, Divine Providence is leading us to a new order of… Continue Reading “We Live in Hope”
The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves. Terry Tempest Williams -Talking to God: Portrait of a World at Prayer