Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness. – Paramahansa Yogananda
I think over again my small adventures my fears those small ones that seemed so big For all the vital things I had to get and to reach And yet there is only one great thing the only thing To live to see… Continue Reading “Old Inuit Song”
Finding the treasure is only the beginning of the search. -Henri Nouwen, from The Inner Voice of Love
And Mark Twain once said, “Distance lends enchantment to the view.”
The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
In today’s Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 31 – we read: Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord. How great is the goodness, O LORD, which you have in store for those who fear you, And which, toward those who take… Continue Reading “Where Is Your Hope?”
Today is the last day of the Church Year, since tomorrow is the First Sunday of Advent. Our Psalm today is Psalm 95, and we read: For the Lord is a great God, and a great ruler above all gods; In God’s hands are… Continue Reading “The Beautiful San Francisco Bay”
Gratitude is welcome in every season, but as we see out the month of November, here is one more “grateful” quote. Gratitude is heaven itself. – William Blake
Today’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 24. The Lord’s are the earth and its fullnes; the world and those who dwell in it. For God founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. That pretty much covers everything!