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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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
Prayer
The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer.
– Attributed to the Prophet Muhammad
Wednesday of Hope – Seeing Light
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
– Desmond Tutu
Everything Has Beauty
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
– Confucius
Wednesday of Hope – Tragedy, a Source of Strength
There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.
― Dalai Lama XIV
The Summer within Our Winter
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
– Albert Camus
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