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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Climbing the Summits – within – to Find God
In the summer of 2003, Sister Abby Newton and I went on a trek with a friend (that I just saw recently), Carolyn Mucelli. Because of timing and other issues, we never made it quite to the tippity-top of Mt. Whitney, the highest peak… Continue Reading “Climbing the Summits – within – to Find God”
Say Thank You Until You Mean It
I love this piece by Melody Beattie, and read it often, so as to remind me to the wisdom of Gratitude. We used it as part of our morning prayer yesterday, Thanksgiving Day, at St. Margaret Convent before going to the Ultimate Celebration of… Continue Reading “Say Thank You Until You Mean It”
Prayers of Thanksgiving
In the words of Meister Eckhart, a Dominican mystic: If the only prayer you pray in your life is thank you, it will be enough.
Giving Thanks is Preaching
As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to express it. David Steindl-Rast Friends of Silence newsletter, December 2008 – from Gratefulness.org
Sometimes Poetry Is Preaching
This morning a poem by e.e. cummings provided a sense of gratitude. Timely, any time, but even more so this week of Thanksgiving. i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream… Continue Reading “Sometimes Poetry Is Preaching”
Do We Live like We’re Looking for an Escape Clause?
No Christian escapes a taste of the wilderness on the way to the promised land. “No Escape” by Evelyn Underhill I’ve been thinking about this as I witness and experience the fragility of life all around me. I wonder how it is that we… Continue Reading “Do We Live like We’re Looking for an Escape Clause?”
Appreciating Beauty as Prayer
Last week Gratefulness.org published this quote. What is real prayer? Praise to God. And the meaning of praise? Appreciating; thus opening the heart more and more to the divine beauty one sees in manifestation. – Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan Bowl of Saki
Can We Discern the Artisan from the Beauty that Surrounds Us?
More from today’s selection from the Book of Wisdom All were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing God who is, and from studying the works did not discern the… Continue Reading “Can We Discern the Artisan from the Beauty that Surrounds Us?”
Wisdom – the Image of God’s Goodness
Since Sunday, we have had lovely readings from the Book of Wisdom In Wisdom is a spirit intelligent, holy, unique, Manifold, subtle, agile, clear, unstained, certain, Not baneful, loving the good, keen, unhampered, beneficent, kindly, Firm, secure, tranquil, all-powerful, all-seeing, And pervading all spirits, though they be… Continue Reading “Wisdom – the Image of God’s Goodness”
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