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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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To Be Grateful
“To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.” Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
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”
Without Trees
To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots. Richard Mabey To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Alive Poems
Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their families, their histories too. Talk to them, listen to them. They are alive poems. Joy Harjo To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
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.” Eihei Dogen To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “Mountains and Oceans”
Looking Within
When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that is wisdom When I look outside and see that I am everything, that is love. And between these two, my life turns. – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj To learn about and/or register for Santa… Continue Reading “Looking Within”
Gift of Earth
“To all Earth’s creatures God has given the broad Earth, the springs, the rivers and the forests, giving the air to the birds, and the waters to those who live in water, giving abundantly to all the basic needs of life, not as a… Continue Reading “Gift of Earth”
To Be Alive
“To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe — to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it — is a wonder beyond words.” Joanna Macy To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “To Be Alive”
Hope Opens Doors
“Hope is a great tool when it comes to forming new habits and letting go of older, obsolete habits. Hope opens the door to possibility and allows us to envision change, particularly change that we desire.” Andrew Mellen, UnStuff your Life To learn about… Continue Reading “Hope Opens Doors”
