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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Wisdom of the Guest
The Guest The Guest is inside you, and also inside me; You know the sprout is hidden inside the seed. We are all struggling; none of us has gone far. Let your arrogance go and look around inside. The blue sky opens out further… Continue Reading “Wisdom of the Guest”
Wednesday of Hope – Take Heart
Courage comes from the French word, Coeur, which means “heart.” In order to travel from clinging to letting go, we have to “take heart.” The heart is the seat of the will. This is the place God awakens,’ the place where the gentle uprooting… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Take Heart”
How to Discover the World
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our feet, and learn… Continue Reading “How to Discover the World”
Life Is a Garden
life is a garden, not a road we enter and exit through the same gate wandering, where we go matters less than what we notice – Bokonon
Wednesday of Hope – Hold Fast to Dreams
Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. – Langston Hughes
Wednesday of Hope – Wait
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Wait”
Finding a Joyous Field
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each other’ doesn’t make any sense. – Rumi
Wednesday of Hope – How Hard Is It to have Hope?
It is hard to have hope. It is harder as you grow old, for hope must not depend on feeling good and there is the dream of loneliness at absolute midnight. You also have withdrawn belief in the present reality of the future, which… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – How Hard Is It to have Hope?”
Surrender
Surrender The boat I travel in is called Surrender. My two oars are instant forgiveness and gratitude—complete gratitude for the gift of life. I am thankful for the experience of this life, for the opportunity to dance. I get angry, I get mad, but… Continue Reading “Surrender”
Wednesday of Hope – Hope is with You
Hope Hope is with you when you believe The earth is not a dream but living flesh, That sight, touch, and hearing do not lie, That all things you have ever seen here Are like a garden looked at from a gate. You cannot… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Hope is with You”
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