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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Widen Your Consciousness
Widen your consciousness to the dimension of the earth and you will have a place for everything.
– Mira Alfassa
Gratefulness is the Key
In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.
– David Steindl-Rast, Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer
Breathless Beauty
There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful.
– Howard Thurman
Understanding through the Eyes
Everything in the world makes sense and is wonderful if viewed through open eyes.
– Jose Ortega y Gasset
Did You Ever Hear of Saint Fire Hydrant?
We have a spiritual practice of thinking of a fire hydrant as a saint – it’s standing there waiting to be of service. It’s a way to start reframing our relation to all the everyday things around us.
– Frederic Brussat, 100 Ways to Keep Your Soul Alive
The Question
I don’t know Who — or what — put the question, I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone — or Something — and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.
– Dag Hammarskjöld
A Reason for Hope
The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.
– Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Cultivate the Gift of Appreciation
Some people have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.
– Abraham H. Maslow
We Walk a Narrow Bridge
Life is a very narrow bridge between two eternities. Be not afraid.
– Rabbi Nachman of Braslav
Simply Marvelous
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
– Aristotle
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