Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. – Matthew 6:20-22
I cannot look in any direction without seeing creations of God. Therefore nothing is insignificant, and everything worthy of respect and care. Nothing is second-class. What God has made is of value. – Paula D’Arcy in Gift of the Red Bird
Look around you!Our eyes are keyholes opening to a world of wonder. – Edward Hays in Pray All Ways
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones. They are what they are; they exist with God today. There is not time to them. There is simply the rose. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
In difficult times you should always carry something beautiful in your mind. – Blaise Pascal
We know that God loves beauty, for the Almighty allows it to flourish everywhere, even in unexpected places. – Ben Zion Bosker
The infinite beauty of God is constantly being discovered anew. – St. Gregory of Nyssa
Attending to the small thing in front of us becomes a way of self-renewal and self-refreshment. – Sharon Salzberg in Lovingkindness
A truly wise person kneels at the feet of all creatures. – Mechtild of Magdeburg