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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The Soil of Contemplation
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.
– Meister Eckhart
Wednesday of Hope – The Need for Perspective
The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. In other words, I can only recommend perspective and distance.
― Václav Havel
The Spiritual Journey
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles,
no matter how long,
but only by a spiritual journey,
a journey of one inch,
very arduous and humbling and joyful,
by which we arrive at the ground at our feet,
and learn to be at home.
– Wendell Berry
Wednesday of Hope – Infinite Hope
During the month of May, I will be using black and white photography.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Miracle of Each Minute
The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
– Margaret Storm Jameson
Wednesday of Hope – Be Joyful!Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.
Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.
– Wendell Berry
Perceiving Life with Reverence
If we perceived Life with reverence, we would stand in awe at the experience of physical Life and walk the Earth in a very deep sense of gratitude.
– Gary Zukav
Wednesday of Hope – Where Is It All Going?
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope.
– Thomas Merton
Wednesday of Hope – A Road in the Country
Hope is like a road in the country: there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.
– Lin Yutang
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