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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Wisdom from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes.
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
So let us live our lives to the full!
Gratitude and Wanting What We Have
Gratitude is the intention to count-your-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that you need or deserve different circumstances.
– Timothy Miller,
author of How to Want What You Have
If we could remember this, and put it into practice, we would find the joy and the peace we seek.
What Are You Planting?
Every
uncompassionate
action is like
planting
a dead tree.
-Shantideva
Do We Have the Courage to Step into the “New”?
We cannot discover new oceans unless we have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
-Andre Gide
Nature Reflects God’s Glorious Majesty
Thursday’s Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 145
Generation after generation praises your works
and proclaims your might.
They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
and tell of your wondrous works.
Let Us Learn from the Poppy
We see, contained in a simple poppy: grace, abundance, joy, hope, generosity . . . the list goes on.
And we receive blessing when we open our hearts to that poppy and all she offers.
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
– Maya Angelou
Let us learn from the poppy.
Let the Trees Exult!
Today’s Responsorial Psalm continues from Psalm 96
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them!
Then shall all the trees of the forest exult.
Proclaim God’s Marvelous Deeds
Monday’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.
Announce salvation day after day,
Tell God’s glory among the nations;
Among all peoples, God’s wondrous deeds.
Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
For great is the Lord and highly to be praised;
Awesome is the Lord, beyond all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are things of nought,
But the Lord made the heavens.
Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.
A Thought on the Necessity of Beauty from John Muir
Jesus told us that we cannot live on bread alone. John Muir may not have been thinking about Jesus’ words when he wrote the following, but he certainly had the wisdom of the Spirit of Creation when he wrote:
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
Let Us Imitate God’s Extravagant Nature!
Being extravagantly generous is an enchanting way to become holy and Godlike, for God is awesomely extravagant – as is revealed by even a casual glance at creation.
-Edward Hays
Let us imitate God’s extravagant and generous nature!
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