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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Tag: nature
Needing Beauty
Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and gives strength to body and soul alike. – John Muir
Open Your Eyes
As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open. – Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Gift of Breath
Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace. – Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
Would You Like to See a Miracle?
If we could see the miracle of a single flower, our whole life would change. – The Buddha
Everything is Resurrection
It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection. – Voltaire
Is Anything Really Ever Lost?
The day misspent, the love misplaced, has inside it the seed of redemption. Nothing is exempt from resurrection. – Kay Ryan
Leaving All Behind for a Better Hope
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. – C.S. Lewis
No Room for Death
There is not room for death Nor atom that his might would render void: Thou – Thou art Being and Breath And what Thou art may never be destroyed. – Emily Bronte
Easter – The Promise of Resurrection
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. – Martin Luther
Palm Sunday Hope
Hope continues to hold us during Holy Week. Palm Sunday Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out. –… Continue Reading “Palm Sunday Hope”
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