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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Wisdom
Life’s Journeys
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. – The Dalai Lama
Doors of Wisdom
Bless those who challenge us for they remind us of doors we have closed and doors we have yet to open. – Native American Prayer
Miracles According to Einstein
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. -Albert Einstein
Why Are We Content to Simply Wait for Heaven?
We are reminded by Henry David Thoreau to be attentive now: Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” And Catherine of Siena, the Dominican Saint, said centuries before him that, All the way to heaven is heaven.” Why wait?!
Some Wisdom from Teresa of Avila
When we were in our chapel at morning prayer, I noted how the reading in our breviary (Thursday, Week III) complemented the Gospel reading for the day in which we are admonished to give, forgive, and to not judge. Let us look at our… Continue Reading “Some Wisdom from Teresa of Avila”
The Power of our Thoughts
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. – Peace Pilgrim
The Wisdom of Pooh
Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. – A.A. Milne (via Eeyore) One of our sisters considers pampas grass to be a nuisance, and rather large weeds. I’ve always found it pretty to look at. It’s that way sometimes, weeds .… Continue Reading “The Wisdom of Pooh”
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