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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Roll Me to a Sky-Wide View
If my mind gets trapped inside
Just roll me to my sky-wide view
Where I will feast on cumulous and light
And tell you that art with just my eyes.
– Jane Brainin, With irrepressible spirit, anticipating the toll of ALS
Sparks of God’s Brilliance
All living beings are, so to speak, sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance. These sparks mere from God like rays of the sun.
– Hildegard of Bingen
The Wisdom of Abraham Heschel
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
– Abraham Joshua Heschel
What Might I Become?
May I become an island for those seeking dry land
A lamp for those needing light,
A place of rest for those who desire one,
And a servant for those needing service.– Shantideva, “May I Become an Island”
The Renewable Resource of Hope
As we face the grand ecological crisis of our time, our most important renewable resource is hope. We simply must put it on with our shoes each morning.
-Barbara Kingsolver
We Learn of God through Creation
If the soul could have known God without the world, the world would never have been created.
– Meister Eckhart
With What Am I Willing to Struggle in 2016?
When we ask ourselves what kind of world we want to leave behind, we think in the first place of its general direction, its meaning and its values. Unless we struggle with these deeper issues, I do not believe that our concern for ecology will produce significant results.
– Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ 160
Christmas Greetings
May the gifts of Peace, Hope, and Joy be yours this Christmas and throughout the year.
And may Christ on our streets or at our borders find a home -and may an angel or a simple shepherd open our eyes.
A Christian Earth-Conscious Spirituality
All the delegates have gone home from the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris. And our Earth and all her inhabitants await our action.
I am interested in how such a [Christian] spirituality can motivate us to a more passionate concern for the protection of our world.
– Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ 216
What Meaning in Lola’s Face?
The universe unfolds in God, who fills it completely. Hence, there is a mystical meaning to be found in a leaf, in a mountain trail, in a dewdrop, in a poor person’s face.”
– Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ 233
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