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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The Wonders and Realities of the Universe
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
– Rachel Carson
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The Spell of the Sea
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
– Jacques Cousteau
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Wonder of Earth
I am so absorbed in the wonder of Earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.
– Pearl S. Buck
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Engagement with Mystery
To be a contemplative is to be a watch in the night for the approach of Mystery. And it is a readiness to be transformed in an engagement with that Mystery.
– Mirabai Starr
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May I Find You in Every Living Soul
You are above me, O God,
you are within.
You are in all things
yet contained by no thing.
Teach me to seek you in all that has life
that I may see you as the Light of life.
Teach me to search for you in my own depths
that I may find you in every living soul.
– John Philip Newell, Sounds of the Eternal: A Celtic Psalter
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Our Sisters and Brothers
Francis called all creatures, no matter how small, by the name of brother and sister; because he knew they had the same source as himself.
– Saint Bonaventure (1217-1274), Bonaventure, The Life of Saint Francis, trans. Ewert Cousins
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I Want My Blood to Become Sap
I don’t want to be remembered. I want my blood to become sap, my bones to become roots, my breath to become the wind. Even wanting is not so important. Even wanting will become something new.
– Gabriel Andreas, StoryPeople
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The Path
I don’t know what my path is yet. I’m just walking on it.
– Olivia Newton-John
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Beginnings
Resolve to be always beginning — to be a beginner.
– Rainer Maria Rilke
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The Grateful Heart
The grateful heart is a manifestation of one’s true self. Nothing sidelines the ego more effectively than a grateful heart.
– Albert Nolan
During the month of January, I have always used quotes about gratitude, and still do. This year I am using only black and white images as it is most important to cultivate gratitude when there is a grayness around us. It is easy to give thanks when we are surrounded by technicolor.
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