Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work but rather, teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. – Henry Ward Beecher
We have a spiritual practice of thinking of a fire hydrant as a saint – it’s standing there waiting to be of service. It’s a way to start reframing our relation to all the everyday things around us. – Frederic Brussat, 100 Ways to… Continue Reading “Did You Ever Hear of Saint Fire Hydrant?”
I don’t know Who — or what — put the question, I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone — or Something — and from that hour I was certain… Continue Reading “The Question”
Life is a very narrow bridge between two eternities. Be not afraid. – Rabbi Nachman of Braslav
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. – Thornton Wilder
It’s just too big a journey to ever get beyond being astounded, being surprised by the mystery. • Joseph Sharp in Spiritual Maturity
Love it the way it is. -Thaddeus Golas, The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment
The day misspent, the love misplaced, has inside it the seed of redemption. Nothing is exempt from resurrection. – Kay Ryan