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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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To Climb to the Heights
“Those who would climb to a lofty height must go by steps, not leaps.” – St. Gregory the Great
The Future We Are Creating
The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination. – John Schaar
Wednesday of Hope – Crumple Up Your Faith
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
Wednesday of Hope – Active Hope
Active Hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act. We belong to this world. – Joanna Macy
Wednesday of Hope – Don’t Be Afraid
This is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. – Frederick Buechner
Wednesday of Hope – Finding Hope in the Stillness
In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair. – Howard Thurman
Secrets at Dawn
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. – Jalaluddin Rumi
Wednesday of Hope – Inevitability of Dreams
At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable. – Christopher Reeve
