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Posted on March 31, 2023
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Yes! The springtime needs you.Often a star is waiting for you to notice it.A wave rolls toward you from the distant past.Or as you walk under an open window,the sound of a violin calls out to you.All this is a mission.But can you recognize… Continue Reading “The Springtime”
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, illinois, kim stafford, lilacia park, lilacs, lombard, nature, photo, photography, poem, quote, rainer maria rilke, santa sabina center retreat
Posted on August 19, 2022
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[T]he divine communicates to us primarily through the language of the natural world. Not to hear the natural world is not to hear the divine. – Thomas Berry, The Sacred Universe (2009) To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and… Continue Reading “Listening to the Divine through the Natural World”
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, garden, lilacia park, lilacs, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, the sacred universe, thomas berry, trees
Posted on August 17, 2022
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A garden is a way that the land says, “I love you.”…Gardens are simultaneously a material and a spiritual undertaking. Robin Wall Kimmerer To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, garden, lilacia park, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, robin wall kimmerer, santa sabina center, santa sabina center retreat, tulips
Posted on March 27, 2022
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“We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?” Wendell Berry To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, illinois, lilacia park, lilacs, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, wendell berry
Posted on March 11, 2022
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“We’re all broken but blooming. The lilacs are another brilliant mirror of who we can grow to be, and already are.” Eric Alan To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Posted on March 4, 2022
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“Dark clouds become heaven’s flowers when kissed by light.” Rabindranath Tagore To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
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 May 24, 2020
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. – Lao Tzu
Posted on May 10, 2020
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Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. – Alice Walker
Posted on May 6, 2020
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You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming. – Pablo Neruda
Category: Hope / HealingTags: flowers, hope, lilacia park, lombard, nature, pablo neruda, photo, photography, quote, spring, tulips
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