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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Dominican Life
Our Connection to Nature
“The need is for the connection to nature within ourselves; only then can we understand how to act toward nature outside ourselves. Along with the obvious crimes our culture is committing against the natural world, we would be wise to remember that the main… Continue Reading “Our Connection to Nature”
Reimagination
“We must widen our vision to a christification of the galaxies, a new unity of all cosmic life. To do so we must fix our eyes on the future, on forging new relationships of love that include the earth, all peoples, all religions, all… Continue Reading “Reimagination”
Radicality
“We are radically connected in the world. We are radically responsible for the world.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Our Origins
“Our origins are of the earth. And so there is in us a deeply seated response to the natural universe, which is part of our humanity.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Gardening Together
“We are cultivating a garden together, backs to the sun. The question is a hoe in our hands and we are digging beneath the hard and crusty surface to the rich humus of our lives.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center… Continue Reading “Gardening Together”
Intimacy with the Natural World
“Too many of us lack intimacy with the natural world and with our souls, and consequently we are doing untold damage to both.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
What We Are Made Of
“Be humble for you are made of Earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Wonder of Earth
I am so absorbed in the wonder of Earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels. – Pearl S. Buck To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
May I Find You in Every Living Soul
You are above me, O God,you are within.You are in all thingsyet contained by no thing.Teach me to seek you in all that has lifethat I may see you as the Light of life.Teach me to search for you in my own depthsthat I… Continue Reading “May I Find You in Every Living Soul”
Our Sisters and Brothers
Francis called all creatures, no matter how small, by the name of brother and sister; because he knew they had the same source as himself. – Saint Bonaventure (1217-1274), Bonaventure, The Life of Saint Francis, trans. Ewert Cousins To learn about and/or register for… Continue Reading “Our Sisters and Brothers”
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