OPreach
Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Spirituality
Complete Prayer
A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most complete prayer. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Seasons of Our Lives
Life meanders like a path through the woods. We have seasons when we flourish and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time, they grow again. Katherine May To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and… Continue Reading “Seasons of Our Lives”
The Velvet Red Maple
They say life is a cruel thing, but they haven’t seen the velvet red maple tree in my front yard with the wind in its hair and all the leaves dancing. Gabriel Andreas, StoryPeople To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats… Continue Reading “The Velvet Red Maple”
Autumn Beauty
On a bare brancha crow settlesin autumn dusk Basho To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
My Favorite Season
Autumn is my favorite season. The flush of red and gold a brief reminder that everything is sweeter when we know it cannot last. Gabriel Andreas, StoryPeople To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Finding Joy
I look up at the blue sky and the bare chestnut tree, on whose branches little raindrops shine, appearing like silver, and at the seagulls and other birds as they glide on the wind. As long as this exists…and I may live to see… Continue Reading “Finding Joy”
Wisdom of Heraclitus
Wisdom is the Oneness of Mind that guides and permeates all things. Heraclitus To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Freedom
The world is filled with the Absolute. To see this is to be made free. Teilhard de Chardin To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
The Feast of Hildegard of Bingen
I, the fiery life of divine essence, am aflame beyond the beauty of the meadows, I gleam in the waters, and I burn in the sun, moon, and stars …. I awaken everything to life. Hildergard of Bingen To learn about and/or register for Santa… Continue Reading “The Feast of Hildegard of Bingen”
Clear Vision
Clear Vision Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
