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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Wednesday of Hope – Larger than Imagination
Hope is not dead, it is just larger than our imaginations.
– Kathy Hobaugh
Our Fates Are Tied
Our fates are tied. We have this strange notion on this planet that our fates are not tied. If it were not so we would not be here together. It’s that simple.
– Luisah Teish
Wednesday of Hope – The Risk to Blossom
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to blossom.
– Anais Nin
A Garden of Light
I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they need constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.
– Brian Andreas, StoryPeople
Wednesday of Hope – A Virtue
Hope is not merely a feeling. Hope is a virtue, a firmly established attitude of the heart, a basic bearing of the whole person.
– David Steindl-Rast
What Shall You Find?
Never be so focused on what you’re looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.
– Ann Patchett
Wednesday of Hope – A Way of Living
Hope is not just a feeling. Hope is a way of acting and a way of living.
– Joanna Macy
Let’s go . . . Nowhere
Going nowhere … isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.
-Leonard Cohen
Wednesday of Hope – Hope is with You
Hope
Hope is with you when you believe
The earth is not a dream but living flesh,
That sight, touch, and hearing do not lie,
That all things you have ever seen here
Are like a garden looked at from a gate.You cannot enter.
But you’re sure it’s there.
Could we but look more clearly and wisely
We might discover somewhere in the garden
A strange new flower and an unnamed star.Some people say we should not trust our eyes,
That there is nothing, just a seeming,
These are the ones who have no hope.
They think that the moment we turn away,
The world, behind our backs, ceases to exist,
As if snatched up by the hands of thieves.– Czeslaw Milosz
What Is Our Destiny?
The destiny of humans cannot be separated from the destiny of Earth.
-Thomas Berry
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