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Tag: Love
We Are Created 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.
Ode to Dirt
Dear dirt, I am sorry I slighted you, I thought you were only the background for the leading characters—the plants and animals and human animals. It’s as if I had loved only the stars and not the sky which gave them space in which to shine …
What Do We Love?
In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. – Baba Dioum , Senegalese Conservationist To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please… Continue Reading “What Do We Love?”
Beauty and Humility
During the month of February, the theme of the quotes are love and compassion. Beauty and Humility “Whenever you make something with love, you feel humbled. You could not make such beautiful things on your own. It must come through divine inspiration. In that… Continue Reading “Beauty and Humility”
Awakening to Oneness – Love is what Unites
Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world. . . Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring… Continue Reading “Awakening to Oneness – Love is what Unites”
Love Alone
Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s… Continue Reading “Love Alone”
Love All
Love all that has been created by God, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf and every ray of light. Love the beasts and the birds, love the plants, love every separate fragment. If you love each separate fragment, you… Continue Reading “Love All”
What Do Calvary and Bethlehem Have in Common?
And on Christmas Eve, this simple thought: I searched God’s lexicon to fathom “Bethlehem” and “Calvary.” It simply said: See “Love.” – Gordon Gilsdorf
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