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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Where Is God Born?
“God is born in us whenever we begin to live without a why…like the rose which lives without a why. “
Turning to the Light
“The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.”
What Makes Flowers Beautiful
“Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light, and that makes them beautiful.” — Jim Carrey
Brevity
We are so brief. A one-day dandelion. A seedpod skittering across the ice. We are a feather falling from the wing of a bird. I don’t know why it is given to us to be so mortal and to feel so much. It is… Continue Reading “Brevity”
Planting
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
Finding Art
Art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows beauty, that has music in its soul and the color of sunsets in its handkerchief, that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance too.
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