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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Wednesday of Hope – Wait
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Wait”
Wednesday of Hope – Dance Anyway
No despair of ours can alter the reality of things, or stain the joy of the cosmic dance which is always there. Indeed we are in the midst of it, and it is in the midst of us, for it beats in our very… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Dance Anyway”
Enjoying the Spring
It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart. -Rainer Maria Rilke
Wednesday of Hope – Go and Create Something
In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a vow, a moral principle; one peaceful moment. – Maxine Hong Kingston
Loving the Ordinary
Anyone can love a rose, but it takes a lot to love a leaf. It’s ordinary to love the beautiful, but it’s beautiful to love the ordinary. – Author Unknown
Wednesday of Hope – Trusting the Chaos
Whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift. – Septima Clark
Where Do YOU Find Beauty?
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. – Vincent Van Gogh
Wednesday of Hope – Indomitable Expectation
At the bottom of the heart of every human being there is something that goes on indomitably expecting, in the teeth of all experience of crimes committed, suffered and witnessed, that is good and not evil will be done to her. It is this… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Indomitable Expectation”
Beauty in the Walking
But the beauty is in the walking — we are betrayed by destinations. – Gwyn Thomas
Wednesday of Hope – Forgiveness
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. – Lewis B. Smedes
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