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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Our Loving Sun
Earth would die if the sun stopped kissing her. – Hafiz To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
We Are an Expression of Earth
We are not separate beings in the Universe, who live on Earth, we are a mode of being of the Universe, an expression of Earth. We did not come into this world, we grew out from it, in the same way that an apple… Continue Reading “We Are an Expression of Earth”
Life
Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. – Saul Bellow To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
Our True Nature
Clouds come and go in the sky, but the appearance and disappearance of the clouds don’t affect the sky. Your real nature is like the sky. – Annamalai Swami To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to:… Continue Reading “Our True Nature”
Ocean in a Drop
“All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.” – Kabir To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
What Is Hope?
“Hope is what sits by a window and waits for one more dawn, despite the fact that there is not one ounce of proof in tonight’s black, black sky that it can possibly come.” – Joan Chittister, Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope Join… Continue Reading “What Is Hope?”
The Sparks of God’s Brilliance
All living beings are, so to speak, sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance. These sparks mere from God like rays of the sun.” – Hildegard of Bingen Join us at Santa Sabina Center for a Writing Retreat with Kim Stafford: “Your Archive of… Continue Reading “The Sparks of God’s Brilliance”
Starting the Day
We can start our day with the happiness of a smile and the aspiration to dedicate ourselves to the path of love and understanding. We are aware that today is a fresh, new day, and we have twenty-four precious hours to live. – Thich… Continue Reading “Starting the Day”
Redeemed by Love
I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love. – Wendell Berry To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina… Continue Reading “Redeemed by Love”
Bearing Beams of Love
And we are put on Earth a little space, that we may learn to bear the beams of love. – William Blake To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
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