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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
On the Alert to Find God
My profession is to always be on the alert to find God in nature, to know his lurking places, to attend all the oratorios, the operas, in nature.
– Henry David Thoreau
Wednesday of Hope – When All Hopes Are Gone
The hope that is left after all your hopes are gone — that is pure hope, rooted in the heart.
– David Steindl-Rast
Breath as a Bridge
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.
– Thich Nhat Hanh
Wednesday of Hope – Giving Birth to Hope
“Isn’t it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing absurdity.”
― Vaclav Havel
Deep Wells of Strength
Few men [or women] during their lifetimes come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.
– Richard Byrd
Wednesday of Hope – Hope in a Caterpillar
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.
– Margaret Fuller
Roses and Thorns
The gardener uses both roses in the flowerbed and thorns in making fences.
– Hazrat Inayat Khan, Gayan
Wednesday of Hope – Diving for Pearls
When the waves close over me, I dive down to fish for pearls.
– Masha Kaleko
The Blessing of the Closed Door
Bless those who challenge us for they remind us of doors we have closed and doors we have yet to open.
– Native American Prayer
Wednesday of Hope – Saved by Hope
Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime;
therefore, we must be saved by hope.
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense
in any immediate context of history;
therefore, we must be saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone;
therefore we are saved by love.~ Reinhold Niebuhr
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