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Posted on October 22, 2021
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“To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.” Rebecca Solnit To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and… Continue Reading “The Gift of Uncertainty”
Category: SpiritualityTags: chicago botanic gardens, clouds, lake, nature, park, photo, photography, pond, quote, rebecca solnit, reflection, santa sabina center retreat, sunset, trees, uncertainty
Posted on October 17, 2021
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“The mystery of God touches us — or does not — in the smallest details: giving a strawberry, with love; receiving a touch, with love; sharing the snapdragon red of an autumn sunset, with love.” Marion Woodman, Coming Home to Myself To learn about… Continue Reading “Being Touched by Mystery”
Category: SpiritualityTags: autumn, clouds, coming home to myself, fence, illinois, marion woodman, milkweed, nature, oak park, park, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, sunset, trees
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 2, 2021
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“All creation is a song of praise to God.” – Hildegard of Bingen 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… Continue Reading “Creation Singing”
Category: Care of the EarthTags: bird, chicago botanic gardens, hildegard of bingen, kayleen asbo, nature, online retreat, park, photo, photography, quote, rock, santa sabina center retreat
Posted on February 7, 2021
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“She rose up, watched a moment for any response to her rising, then stretched and stepped out onto the open slope. Beside her, another doe rose up from the shade. The two stood, slightly oblique to one another, divided as the one’s ears had… Continue Reading “Living in Harmony with the Doe”
Category: SpiritualityTags: a walk in early may, deer, doe, forest, kim stafford, long island, nature, new york, online retreat, park, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, target rock, writing retreat
Posted on January 20, 2021
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Above all, hope is based on relationships, on a collaborative connection with people as well as a higher power. – Louise Danielle Palmer To learn more and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
Category: Hope / HealingTags: hope, louise danielle palmer, morton arboretum, nature, online retreat, park, path, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, snow, troll, woods
Posted on November 4, 2020
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These are the radiancies of the perfected vision that sees the good and step by step moves nearer what it sees. ― Dante Alighieri, The Paradiso This month, on November 12th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Finding Our Way through the Dark Woods: A Retreat… Continue Reading “Radiancies of the Perfected Vision”
Category: SpiritualityTags: dante alighieri, divine comedy, evry france, nature, online retreat, paradiso, park, photo, photography, post-processing, quote, retreat, santa sabina center retreat, tree lined walkway, walkway
Posted on July 5, 2020
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May I become an island for those seeking dry land A lamp for those needing light, A place of rest for those who desire one, And a servant for those needing service. – Shantideva
Posted on April 24, 2019
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Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. – Lewis B. Smedes
Posted on February 3, 2019
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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so welcome. – Anne Bradstreet
Category: SpiritualityTags: anne bradstreet, fog, morton arboretum, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, river, snow, winter