Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the Universe to know itself. – Carl Sagan
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. – Helen Keller
Attention is the doorway to gratitude, the doorway to wonder, the doorway to reciprocity. – Robin Wall Kimmerer
There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it. – Gustave Flaubert
The world as pure object is something that is not there. It is not a reality outside us for which we exist….It is a living and self-creating mystery of which I am myself a part, to which I am myself, my own unique door.… Continue Reading “My Own Unique Door”
There is a certain fear of death that comes from not having lived yet. I had to face it myself when I had cancer a few years ago. I don’t think I was afraid of death at that time, but I also knew I… Continue Reading “Resurrection and Touching the Mystery of Life”
People usually say, “The sky is the limit.” I believe the sky is just the beginning. – Author unknown.
We are departing for the skies. Who has a mind for sightseeing? -Rumi
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes and the grass grows by itself. -Zenrin, from The Gospel According to Zen