Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
“Leave the door open to the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.” Rebecca Solnit To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and… Continue Reading “Leave the Door Open”
Honor the tradition but expand the understanding. That’s what religions must do right now if they hope to be helpful to humans in the years ahead. – Neale Donald Walsch, Tomorrow’s God On this Feast of Catherine, we look back on her life in… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – The Feast of St. Catherine of Siena”
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception. – Aldous Huxley
Thanks to the Dominican Sisters of Amityville, I just discovered this wonderful quote, which was translated from the Italian by Suzanne Noffke, OP, a Dominican Sister of Racine. The door grating is in Siena, Italy. Start being brave about everything. Drive out… Continue Reading “Celebrating the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena”
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God. – Charles L. Allen
In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door. David Steindl-Rast, Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer
In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door. – David Steindl-Rast, Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer
This month the subject is Wisdom. And today we begin with a quote that set the tone for all of our congregation’s Chapter (our meeting at which the sisters gather to discern our direction): Wisdom stands at the door and waits.
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. – Helen Keller