Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. – Carl Jung
That thou mayest have pleasure in everything, seek pleasure in nothing. That thou mayest know everything, seek to know nothing. That thou mayes possess all things, seek to possess nothing. That thou mayest be everything, seek to be nothing. -St. John of the Cross,… Continue Reading “Wisdom from St. John of the Cross”
Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. – Nelson Mandela
The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. – Al Neuharth Mt. Whitney is definitely not a molehill (at 14,505 feet). But from this perspective at Trail Camp (@12,000 feet), it is difficult to perceive that it really is that tall.… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual Point of View”
I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding. John O’Donohue, “Fluent” from Conamara Blues
Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence. – David Steindl-Rast, A Listening Heart