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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Wednesday of Hope – No Mud, No Lotus
It takes mud for the lotus to become itself, and the greater the mud in your life, the greater the lotus blossom.
– Jakusho Kwong, No Beginning, No End
The Color of Life
What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful.
– Joshua Foer
Wednesday of Hope – Facing Our Fears
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.
– Rabindranath Tagore
There Is Magic
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
– Loren Eiseley
Wednesday of Hope – What is this Darkness?
What if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb?
– Valarie Kaur
Plant Trees
Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.
– A. Whitney Brown, Wall at bookstore – Chicago Botanic Gardens
Wednesday of Hope – Staring Despair in the Face
Faith is crumpling and throwing away everything, proposition by proposition, until nothing is left, and then writing a new proposition, your very own, to throw in the teeth of despair.
– Mary Jean Irion, Yes, World: A Mosaic of Meditation
May We Always Find the Capacity to Appreciate
The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy.
– Abraham Maslow
Wednesday of Hope – Not Fearful of the Night
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
– Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse
See What Is Here Now
Never be so focused on what you’re looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.
– Ann Patchett
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