Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
“Animals are people, too. As are plants. And water. And soil. This is the fundamental insight at the heart of all eco-spiritual work. But to get that insight, we have to get with the big picture. To get that insight, we have to climb… Continue Reading “Animals Are People, Too”
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles,no matter how longbut only by a spiritual journey,a journey of one inch,very arduous and humbling and joyful,by which we arrive at the ground at our feet,and learn to be at home. – Wendell… Continue Reading “A Spiritual Journey”
“A sick sparrow remembered the beneficence of someone who cared for it. A captured tortoise did not forget the beneficence of someone who helped release it. How sad that some human faces lack the virtue of these creatures.” Eihei Dogen To learn about and/or… Continue Reading “Let Us Not Forget All We Are Given”
“How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.” Hafiz, Translated by Daniel Ladinsky To learn about and/or register for Santa… Continue Reading “Open Heart of the Rose”
“Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields … Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.” Mary Oliver To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings,… Continue Reading “Hello Sun in my Face!”
“He who distinguishes between the garden and practice cannot be said to have found the Way.” Muso Kokushi To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
“God is always doing something more. Incomprehensible holy mystery is always giving more, revealing more, communicating more. The only limit to that giving has been creation’s capacity to receive.” Judy Cannato, Field of Compassion To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online… Continue Reading “Grant Us the Capacity to Receive”
“Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.” Shigenori Kameoka To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
“door of being, dawn and wake me, allow me to see the face of this day, allow me to see the face of this night, all communicates, all is transformed, arch of blood, bridge of the pulse, take me to the other side of… Continue Reading “Allow Me to See”