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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Plant Trees
Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books. – A. Whitney Brown, Wall at bookstore – Chicago Botanic Gardens
Wednesday of Hope – Staring Despair in the Face
Faith is crumpling and throwing away everything, proposition by proposition, until nothing is left, and then writing a new proposition, your very own, to throw in the teeth of despair. – Mary Jean Irion, Yes, World: A Mosaic of Meditation
May We Always Find the Capacity to Appreciate
The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy. – Abraham Maslow
Wednesday of Hope – Not Fearful of the Night
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. – Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse
See What Is Here Now
Never be so focused on what you’re looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find. – Ann Patchett
Wednesday of Hope – Looking Ahead
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson
Watching for Wonder
Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders. – E. B. White
Wednesday of Hope – Breathing Hope
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. – Arundhati Roy
Wednesday of Hope – Inevitability of Dreams
At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable. – Christopher Reeve
Hear the Snowflake in the Silence
May you grow still enough to hear the stir of a single snowflake in the air, so that your inner silence may turn into hushed expectation. – David Steindl-Rast
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