Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
One mustn’t close one’s eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring the Five Circles of the… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Keep Our Eyes Open”
Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. – Desmond Tutu
How many times have you noticed that it’s the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning? – Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers
We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. – John Muir
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. ― G.K. Chesterton
May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder. – John O’Donohue
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God. – Charles L. Allen
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. – Meister Eckhart