Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Monday’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 96 Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations. Sing to the Lord a new song; Sing to the Lord, all you lands. Sing to the Lord; bless God’s name. Proclaim God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.… Continue Reading “Proclaim God’s Marvelous Deeds”
Jesus told us that we cannot live on bread alone. John Muir may not have been thinking about Jesus’ words when he wrote the following, but he certainly had the wisdom of the Spirit of Creation when he wrote: Everyone needs beauty as well… Continue Reading “A Thought on the Necessity of Beauty from John Muir”
Being extravagantly generous is an enchanting way to become holy and Godlike, for God is awesomely extravagant – as is revealed by even a casual glance at creation. -Edward Hays Let us imitate God’s extravagant and generous nature!
Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. -Hausa proverb from Nigeria
While this post is entitled, “I Love Being a Nun!”, actually I am a sister. Nuns are those who are cloistered and primarily involved in the ministry of prayer. Those of us who are sisters are involved in apostolic ministry – and that’s a… Continue Reading “I Love Being a Nun!”
Yesterday Thomas Merton encouraged us to slow down. Today we hear from Bede Griffiiths. So much of modern life is a feverish anticipation of future activity and excitement. We have to learn to step back from this into the freedom and possibility of the… Continue Reading “Another Encouragement to Slow Down”
We are encouraged in Sunday’s First Reading from the Book of Proverbs (Pr. 9:1-6) to seek wisdom. Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven columns; she has dressed her meat, mixed her wine, yes, she has spread her table. She… Continue Reading “Let Us Be Simple, and Turn into the House of Wisdom”
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. -Jalaluddin Rumi