Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Today’s reading is from the beginning of the Gospel of Mark. The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah: Look, I am going to send my messenger… Continue Reading “Today is the Second Sunday of Advent”
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom. – Sogyal Rinpoche, Glimpse After Glimpse
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. – C.S. Lewis
I cannot look in any direction without seeing creations of God. Therefore nothing is insignificant, and everything worthy of respect and care. Nothing is second-class. What God has made is of value. – Paula D’Arcy in Gift of the Red Bird
The Star of Joy And every time I feel the shine I am called to follow it to sing it to live it . . . – Macrina Wiederkehr
What i When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal… Continue Reading “On the Fifth Day of Christmas”