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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Tag: nature
Plum Blossom Fragrance
“Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world?” Matsuo Basho
It Must Be a Gift
“It must be a giftfrom the Pure Land –a thistle’s purple bloom” Clotilde Junsui Wright
Always Search
“Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.” Jalaluddin Rumi
Hiding in Plain Sight
“A scholar held his master had been holding back Zen’s central secrets from him. During a walk in the mountains the master asked if the scholar could smell the fragrance of the full-blown mountain laurels. “Yes,” said the scholar. “You see!” said the master.… Continue Reading “Hiding in Plain Sight”
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. “ Meister Eckhart
Hello
“Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields … Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness. “ Mary Oliver
Are You a Friend of Silence
“God is the friend of silence. We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they move in silence.… Continue Reading “Are You a Friend of Silence”
