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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
The Word Within Us
There are moments when the veil seemsalmost to lift and we understand whatthe earth is meant to mean to us….then the Word is within us, and the Book is put away.” With “the Book put away and the Word within us.
Happy Easter
Our task is to take this Earth so deeply and wholly into ourselves that it will resurrect within our being.
Sunshine – Flowers – Smiles
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.
Changing Our Minds
Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity (it did not need changing)! Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God. Richard Rohr, OSF
Step Back
So much of modern life is a feverish anticipation of future activity and excitement. We have to learn to step back from this into the freedom and possibility of the present. Bede Griffiths, OSB
Blessed Just as You Are
Accept your concrete individuality, and having done that, then you may also realize you are blessed just as you are.
Seekers
Seekers are people of faith even if they do not belong to a particular religion. Faith in this sense is deeper than one’s belief system. Belief systems belong to the level of pluralism; faith to the level of unity. Faith is constitutive of human… Continue Reading “Seekers”
Wisdom of Mark Twain
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. Mark Twain
At the Crossroads
Happiness is not given to us, nor is misery imposed. At every moment we are at a crossroads and must choose the direction we will take.
Bird Song
A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us, because we feel that the bird does not distinguish between its heart and the world’s.
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