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Finding Ourselves
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it’s always our self we find in the sea. e. e. cummings To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Along the Way . . .
Along the way to knowledge,Many thigs are accumulated . . .Along the way to wisdom,Many things are discarded. Lau-Tzu To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
What Prayer Changes
I used to believer that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things. Mother Teresa To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
The Battle of Peace
Peace is the only battle worth waging. Albert Camus To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Authentic Joy
Authentic joy is not a euphoric state or a feeling of being high. Rather, it is a state of appreciation that allows us to participate fully in our lives. Pema Chödrön To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please… Continue Reading “Authentic Joy”
God’s Pardon
God is more willing to pardon than we are to sin. Catherine of Siena To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
You Cannot Be Too Kind
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. St. Seraphim of Sarov To… Continue Reading “You Cannot Be Too Kind”
The Force of Gratitude
No amount of regret changes the past. No amount of anxiety changes the future. Any amount of gratitude changes the present. Ann Voskamp To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Strange and Wonderful
“It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you and a world at your fingertips outside you.” John O’Donohue To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings,… Continue Reading “Strange and Wonderful”
Mountains and Oceans
“Mountains and oceans have whole worlds of innumerable wondrous features. We should understand that it is not only our distant surroundings that are like this, but even what is right here, even a single drop of water.” Eihei Dogen To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “Mountains and Oceans”
