The Blessings of Gratitude

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Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.
– Jalaluddin Rumi

Wisdom from The Midrash

God always provides what we need, but we must be ready to open our eyes and see it.
– The Midrash

We never know what we might see when we open our eyes!
We never know what we might see when we open our eyes!

Great Are the Works of God!

Great are the works of God!
Great are the works of God!

Today’s Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 111.

Alleluia.

I will give thanks to God
   with all my heart
   in the company and 
   assembly of the just
Great are the works of God,
   exquisite in all their delights.

Alleluia.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond

The beauty of the Sierras that  John Muir loved . . . at Lake Tahoe.
The beauty of the Sierras that John Muir loved . . . at Lake Tahoe.

Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and gives strength to body and soul alike.
– John Muir

Proclaim God’s Marvelous Deeds

Today’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 96.

Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.

Sing to the Lord a new song; 
   sing to the Lord, all you lands.
Sing to the Lord; 
   bless God’s name.

Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.

Dominican Sisters of Tacoma Choir
Dominican Sisters of Tacoma Choir

The Dominican Sisters in Tacoma live in the land of Chihuly, so I have framed their picture with a detail from the ceiling in the permanent exhibit in Tacoma, Washington.

Dewdrops Outside My Door

Dewdrops on the grass
Dewdrops on the grass

For many years, at great cost, I traveled through many countries, saw the high mountains, the oceans. The only things I did not see were the sparkling dewdrops in the grass just outside my door.

– Rabindranath Tagore

Let’s Start Something by Being Grateful

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For what can I be grateful this day?

Perpetual gratitude toward people around us initiates habits of thankful prayer.
It also starts a chain reaction of giving thanks, till our friends and loved ones and our whole world
become imbued in grateful living.

– Edward Hays

Wisdom of Catherine of Siena

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All the way to heaven is heaven.
– Catherine of Siena

Wonder

Wonder before our eyes
Wonder before our eyes

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
– E.B. White, from Charlotte’s Web

Nature Holds Eternity

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
– Isaac Bashevis Singer

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