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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Beauty in the Ordinary
Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us, and see the beauty in ordinary things.
– Thomas Merton
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Celebrating the Feast of Catherine of Siena – First Vespers
First Vespers are the Psalms that are recited in the evening before a feast. Tomorrow, April 29th is the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena. And April 28th just happens to be the anniversary of the day I made vows as a Dominican Sister of San Rafael . . . so this year I celebrate my 25th Jubilee. We (11 jubilations) celebrate Jubilee together as a community on July 24, 2021!
“All the way to heaven is heaven.”
– Catherine of Siena
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Letting Go into Surprise
Don’t plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.
– Julia Alvarez
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The Importance of a Blade of Grass
A leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
– Walt Whitman
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What Is Our Legacy?
What will future generations say of us, who leave them a degraded planet as our legacy? How will we face our Lord and Creator?
– Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change
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Chocolate on Earth
Save the earth. It’s the only planet that has chocolate.
– Bumper sticker
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We Need Conversion
To achieve such reconciliation, we must examine our lives and acknowledge the ways in which we have harmed God’s creation through or actions and our failure to act. We need to experience a conversion, or change of heart.
– Pope Francis, Laudato Sí, quoting the Australian bishops (218)
April 17, 2021, Santa Sabina Center will offer an Online Retreat with Sister Pat Farrell, OP: “Laudato Sí and Beyond.” To learn more and/or register for our online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Wisdom of Pope Benedict
“The external deserts in the world are growing, because the internal deserts have become so vast.”
– Pope Francis, Laudato Sí, quoting Pope Benedict (217)
April 17, 2021, Santa Sabina Center will offer an Online Retreat with Sister Pat Farrell, OP: “Laudato Sí and Beyond.” To learn more and/or register for our online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
The “Thou” of All
Our openness to others, each of whom is a “thou” capable of knowing, loving and entering into dialogue, remains the source of our nobility as human persons . . . Our relationship with the environment can never be isolated from our relationship with others and with God.
– Pope Francis, Laudato Sí (119)
April 17, 2021, Santa Sabina Center will offer an Online Retreat with Sister Pat Farrell, OP: “Laudato Sí and Beyond.” To learn more and/or register for our online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Everything Is Interconnected
“It cannot be emphasized enough how everything is interconnected.”
Pope Francis, Laudato Sí, (138)
April 17, 2021, Santa Sabina Center will offer an Online Retreat with Sister Pat Farrell, OP: “Laudato Sí and Beyond.” To learn more and/or register for our online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
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