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Wednesday of Hope – Keep Our Eyes Open
One mustn’t close one’s eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring the Five Circles of the… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Keep Our Eyes Open”
Wednesday of Hope – It’s about What We Do
Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. – Desmond Tutu
Quiet Moments are Special
How many times have you noticed that it’s the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning? – Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers
We in the Mountains/The Mountains in Us
We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. – John Muir
Wednesday of Hope – Hope is not a Fairytale
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. ― G.K. Chesterton
The Heart of Wonder
May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder. – John O’Donohue
Wednesday of Hope – It Is Never Hopeless
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God. – Charles L. Allen
The Soil of Contemplation
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. – Meister Eckhart
