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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Care of the Earth
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”
The Sacred Tree
It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds. – Black Elk To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go… Continue Reading “The Sacred Tree”
Discovery
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and… Continue Reading “Discovery”
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