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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
For the Beauty of the Earth
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
– Rachel Carson
The Paradox of Beauty
All beauty of this world is wet with the dew of tears.
– Theodor Haecker
Joy in Unlikely Places
For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Today Is the Feast of Our Dominican Brother, Thomas Aquinas
Wonder is the desire for knowledge.
– Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Best Things in Life
The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Today is the Feast of St. Francis de Sales
If at prayer we do nothing but drive away temptations and distractions, our prayer is well made.
-St. Francis de Sales, Conformity to the Will of God
Wisdom from Blake
To see a world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.
– William Blake
The Secret to Happiness and Contentment
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
– Lao Tzu
Every Little Thing We Do Is Important
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
– Blessed Mother Teresa
Turn Your Face to the Sun
Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.
– Maori proverb
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