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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Gratitude the Breath of Life
Every time you express gratitude or compassion for any aspect of yourself or someone else, you breathe life in. – Mariah Fenton Gladis, Tales of a Wounded Healer
Wednesday of Hope – Gratitude and Hope in the Face of Terror
Etty Hillesum is such example of courage, compassion and hope in the face of the most horrific times in our recent history. As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Gratitude and Hope in the Face of Terror”
Gratitude in Abundance
Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself. – Jalaluddin Rumi
Wednesday of Hope – with Gratitude
Being an artist means, not reckoning and counting, but ripening like the tree which does not force its sap and stands confident in the storms of spring without the fear that after them may come no summer. It does come. But it comes only… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – with Gratitude”
Grateful for All Gifts
During the month of November it’s been my practice to focus on Gratitude. And so I continue . . . O Great Spirit, I awake to another sun, grateful for gifts bestowed, granted one by one. – Twylah Nitsch
Wednesday of Hope – Hope of All Hallows Eve
In our Christian tradition, the eve of a feast is the beginning of the celebration of that feast. Today is Halloween, or originally, All Hallows Eve – the evening before All Saints Day – October 31st. On All Saints Day – November 1st– we… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Hope of All Hallows Eve”
Finding a Joyous Field
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each other’ doesn’t make any sense. – Rumi
Wednesday of Hope – Facing Life’s Challenges
Even when life challenges us, it’s a gift beyond all measure. – Parker Palmer
Every Creature Teaches Us of God
Every creature is a word of God and a book about God. – Meister Eckhart
Wednesday of Hope – Despair Cannot Stain Joy
…no despair of ours can alter the reality of things, or stain the joy of the cosmic joy which is always there. – Thomas Merton
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