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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Care of the Earth
Drinking Tea
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth revolves. Thich Nhat Hanh
Contemplate Beauty
Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Without Trees
To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots. 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.
Alive Poems
Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their families, their histories too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Story of Earth
In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the Earth. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Sparkling Nature
To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
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”
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