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Posted on August 20, 2021
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I want creation to penetrate you with so much admiration that wherever you go, the least plant may bring you the clear remembrance of the Creator. A single plant, a blade of grass or one speck of dust is sufficient to occupy all your… Continue Reading “Beholding the Art with which It has been Made”
Category: God's PresenceTags: basil the great, cabbage, chicago botanic gardens, garden, kale, marigold, nature, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat
Posted on April 2, 2021
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“[Writing of his wife Katharine, who was planning the planting of bulbs in her garden even though she knew she likely would not live to see the spring.] There was something comical yet touching in her bedraggled appearance…. The small hunched-over figure, her studied… Continue Reading “Plotting Resurrection”
Category: Holy WeekTags: a time to live, e b white., garden, good friday, hope, nature, onion, online retreats, photo, photography, quote, resurrection, robert raines, santa sabina center retreat, spring
Posted on March 14, 2021
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“What we can say with some certainty is that nature is creative. And the forms of creativity that pervade nature are neither haphazard nor determined, but rather, profoundly exploratory, capable of bringing forth such a display of magnificence that it endlessly evokes our wonder.”… Continue Reading “Magnificence of Lilacs”
Category: God's PresenceTags: brian swimme, garden, illinois, lilacia park, lilacs, lombard, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, white lilacs, wonder
Posted on March 9, 2021
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“Love transforms one into what one loves.”– Catherine of Siena From March 11-14, 2021, Santa Sabina Center will offer an Online Retreat with Kayleen Asbo: “Claiming our Inner Light and Truth.” To learn more and/or register for our online retreats and offerings, please go… Continue Reading “Transforming Love”
Category: SpiritualityTags: catherine of siena, flower, garden, kayleen asbo, nature, online retreat, photo, photography, quote, rose, santa sabina center retreat
Posted on February 25, 2021
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“I am the breeze that nourishes all things green. I encourage blossoms to flourish with ripening fruits … I am yearning for good.” – Hildegard of Bingen From March 11-14, 2021, Santa Sabina Center will offer an Online Retreat with Kayleen Asbo: “Claiming our… Continue Reading “The Spirit is the Breeze that Nourishes Us”
Category: God's PresenceTags: apples, garden, hildegard of bingen, kayleen asbo, nature, online retreat, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center, santa sabina center retreat
Posted on January 6, 2021
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Blessed sister, holy mother, spirit of the fountain, spirit of the garden,Suffer us not to mock ourselves with falsehoodTeach us to care and not to careTeach us to sit stillEven among these rocksOur peace in His will – T. S. Eliot, “Ash Wednesday,” The Waste… Continue Reading “Spirit of Fountain and Garden”
Category: SpiritualityTags: fountain, garden, kayleen asbo, nature, online retreat, photo, photography, poem, quote, santa sabina center retreat, t.s. elliot
Posted on January 4, 2021
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But the fountain sprang up and the bird sang downRedeem the time, redeem the dreamThe token of the word unheard, unspoken. – T. S. Eliot, “Ash Wednesday,” The Waste Land and Other Poems Starting on January 12, 2021, Santa Sabina Center’s will offer an online… Continue Reading “Redeem the Time”
Category: SpiritualityTags: fountain, garden, kayleen asbo, mary, online retreat, photo, photography, poem, quote, santa sabina center, santa sabina center retreat, st. dominic, statue, t.s. elliot, the wasteland and other poems
Posted on August 7, 2019
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What gives me hope is that life unfailingly responds to the advances of love. – Nipun Mehta
Category: Hope / HealingTags: botanical gardens, chihuly, chihuly glass, garden, hope, nature, nipun mehta, photo, photography, quote, st. louis
Posted on December 27, 2017
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The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Make Hope Happen”
Posted on November 26, 2017
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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created. – Baal Shem Tov
Category: GratefulnessTags: baal shem tov, chicago botanic gardens, garden, gratefulness, gratitude, milkweed, milkweed bugs, nature, photo, photography, quote
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