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Posted on July 14, 2024
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Gratitude softens us. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Posted on July 7, 2024
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You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face of one who gives and kindles joy in the heart of one who receives. To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “You Cannot Be Too Kind”
Category: LoveTags: chicago botanic gardens, cottontail, flowers, nature, pansies, photo, photogrpahy, quote, rabbit, santa sabina center retreat, st. seraphim of sarov
Posted on May 26, 2024
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“Only that day dawns to which we are awake.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: SpiritualityTags: dawn, flowers, henry david thoreau, nature, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, south dakota, sunflowers, sunrise
Posted on May 8, 2024
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“Seeds move through their life stages in an endless cycle of seasons — and the cycle of seasons reminds us that the journey never ends.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Posted on March 31, 2024
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Our task is to take this earth so deeply and wholly into ourselves that it will resurrect within our being.– Rainer Maria Rilke To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: EasterTags: easter, flowers, illinois, lilacia park, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, rainer maria rilke, santa sabina center retreat, tulips
Posted on March 24, 2024
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The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.– Henri Nouwen, The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: SpiritualityTags: butterfly, chicago botanic gardens, cone flower, echinacea, flowers, henri nouwen, nature, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, the wounded healer
Posted on March 20, 2024
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The Earth is generous with us — and forgiving. We can be the same with each other.– Robin Wall Kimmerer To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, illinois, lilac, lilacia park, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, robin wall kimmerer, santa sabina center
Posted on November 26, 2023
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There are many things to be grateful “for” but, as I ripen with the seasons of life, the many reasons blend into a sacred mystery. And, most deeply, I realize that living gratefully is its own blessing. – Michael Mahoney During the month of… Continue Reading “The Mystery of Gratefulness”
Posted on September 17, 2023
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The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. – Aart Van Der Leeuw To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: SpiritualityTags: aart van der leeuw, flowers, illinois, lilac, lilacia park, lombard, mystery, nature, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat
Posted on July 23, 2023
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In the cherry blossom’s shade there’s no such thing as a stranger. – Kobayashi Issa 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… Continue Reading “Cherry Blossoms”