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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Where Is God Born?
“God is born in us whenever we begin to live without a why…like the rose which lives without a why. “
Hello
“Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields … Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness. “
Are You a Friend of Silence
“God is the friend of silence. We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they move in silence.
Turning to the Light
“The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.”
A Joyful “Yes”
“Gratitude celebrates life with a joyful “yes” at every knot of the great network in which everything is connected to everything.”
When to Let Go of the Dream
“Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than they love the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions may be ever so honest, earnest, and sacrificial.”
Being Ready
“I used to believe that if I prepared hard enough and long enough, I would be ready when I needed to be. But now I think the closest any of us really get to being ready is feeling not ready and then doing it… Continue Reading “Being Ready”
We Are Always Traveling
“In one sense we are always traveling, and traveling as if we did not know where we were going. In another sense we have already arrived. We cannot arrive at the perfect possession of God in this life, and that is why we are… Continue Reading “We Are Always Traveling”
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