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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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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”
Discovery
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and… Continue Reading “Discovery”
Being Free
I cannot be free if I am rejecting any part of my experience. – Frank Ostaseski 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 “Being Free”
Can We Hear Nature Speak?
There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story. – Linda Hogan To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please… Continue Reading “Can We Hear Nature Speak?”
Instructions
Instructions for living a life.Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it. – Mary Oliver 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 August 8 to 13,… Continue Reading “Instructions”
The Tree
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the… Continue Reading “The Tree”
The Best Kind of Glass
This month I am using quotes from the wonderful book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy. “Is your glass half empty or half full?” asked the mole. “I think I’m grateful to have a glass,” said the boy.… Continue Reading “The Best Kind of Glass”
Cake
This month I am using quotes from the wonderful book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy. “I’ve learned how to be in the present.” “How?” asked the boy. “I find a quiet spot and shut my eyes and… Continue Reading “Cake”
The Wild
This month I am using quotes from the wonderful book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy. “What is that over there?” It’s the wild,” said the mole. “Don’t fear it.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina… Continue Reading “The Wild”
Canyon Carvings
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms, you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
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