Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The Miraculous Flower If we belong to the sun and its warmth, to the bud and the sprout, to the miraculous flower, we also belong to the wind, the naked branch, the cold.
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in… Continue Reading “Rewards of a Simple Life”
Peace is every step.The shining red sun is my heart.Each flower smiles with me.How green, how fresh all that grows.How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turns the endless path to joy.
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.
The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see.
When we wash clothes, chop wood, water the vegetables, or drive the car – wherever we are, whatever we are doing, if the energies of mindfulness are present in our mind and body, then we are practicing meditation.
The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast. The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life, the more we analyze them out into strange finalities and complex purposes of our own, the more we involve ourselves in sadness.… Continue Reading “The Cosmic Dance”
Live in the present. Do the things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold.