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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Love
We Are Created by Love
I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love.
Ode to Dirt
Dear dirt, I am sorry I slighted you, I thought you were only the background for the leading characters—the plants and animals and human animals. It’s as if I had loved only the stars and not the sky which gave them space in which to shine …
You Cannot Be Too Kind
You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face of one who gives and kindles joy in the heart of one who receives. To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “You Cannot Be Too Kind”
Caring for the Smallest
If we do not take care of one another, starting with the least… we cannot heal the world. – Pope Francis To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Circle of Compassion
Until we extend the circle of compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace. – Albert Schweitzer To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
We Are Made for Goodness
We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know. We are made to tell the world that there are… Continue Reading “We Are Made for Goodness”
What Do You Love?
What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know, and… Continue Reading “What Do You Love?”
What Do We Love?
In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. – Baba Dioum , Senegalese Conservationist To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please… Continue Reading “What Do We Love?”
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