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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Mountains and Oceans
“Mountains and oceans have whole worlds of innumerable wondrous features. We should understand that it is not only our distant surroundings that are like this, but even what is right here, even a single drop of water.” To learn about and/or register for Santa… Continue Reading “Mountains and Oceans”
Memory
“Every place, every landscape, is a site of memory and a site of erasure over different scales of time and space. Sand and stone are pieces of Earth’s memory; yet, you could also say that each of us is a terrain inscribed by memory… Continue Reading “Memory”
Birdsong
“A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us, because we feel that the bird does not distinguish between its heart and the world’s.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please… Continue Reading “Birdsong”
Silence
“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Magic
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Poems
“Poems are words that take you through three kinds of doors: closed doors, secret doors, and doors you don’t know are there.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Beyond the Clouds
“Beyond the clouds, the sun never stops shining.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Earth’s Relationship
“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.” To learn about and/or… Continue Reading “Earth’s Relationship”
Awaken to the Dawn
“Only that day dawns to which we are awake.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
The Nature of Nature
“My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
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