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Why Rainbows?
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments — can see a possibility of hope. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Gratitude is Twofold
Gratitude is twofold – love coming to visit us and love running out to greet a welcome guest. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Planting
Every uncompassionate action is like planting a dead tree. – Shantideva To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Here Is the World
Here is the world: beautiful and terrible thinks will happen. Don’t be afraid. – Frederick Buechner To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page. Please join us for our Contemplative Retreat Week in the Dominican Tradition from… Continue Reading “Here Is the World”
Miracle of Oneness
All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop. – Kabir To learn more and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
An Ocean in a Drop of Water
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
Wisdom from Helen Keller
The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller
On What Is My Life Built?
Today’s Advent reading is from the 7th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew Anyone who hears my words and puts them into practice is like the wise one who built a house on rock. -Matthew 7:24 We have recently witnessed the ravages of Sandy,… Continue Reading “On What Is My Life Built?”
Letting Go
Only This We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it. Source: Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke This house is going. Eventually all the houses on the bluff will… Continue Reading “Letting Go”
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