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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Our Origins
“Our origins are of the earth. And so there is in us a deeply seated response to the natural universe, which is part of our humanity.”
- Rachel Carson
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Gardening Together
“We are cultivating a garden together, backs to the sun. The question is a hoe in our hands and we are digging beneath the hard and crusty surface to the rich humus of our lives.”
- Parker Palmer
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Intimacy with the Natural World
“Too many of us lack intimacy with the natural world and with our souls, and consequently we are doing untold damage to both.”
- Bill Plotki
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Rewilding
“Of all the species that need rewilding, I think human beings come at the top of the list. I would love to see a more intense and emotional engagement of human beings with the living world.”
- George Monbiot
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What We Are Made Of
“Be humble for you are made of Earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.”
- Serbian Proverb
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Happy Easter
Our task is to take this earth so deeply and wholly into ourselves that it will resurrect within our being.
– Rainer Maria Rilke
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Don’t Get Lost
Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.
– John Lewis
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True Leadership
The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.
– Henri Nouwen, The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
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Earth’s Generosity
The Earth is generous with us — and forgiving. We can be the same with each other.
– Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Prayer of St. Patrick
I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.
I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me;
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s hosts to save me
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a multitude.
Christ shield me today against wounding
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through the mighty strength
Of the Lord of creation.
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