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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Out for a Walk
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. – John Muir To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page. Please join… Continue Reading “Out for a Walk”
The Way
This month I am using quotes from the wonderful book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy. “We have such a long way to go,” sighed the boy. Yes, but look how far we’ve come,” said the horse. To… Continue Reading “The Way”
Each Day Is a Journey
Each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. – Matsuo Basho To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
Turn to Earth
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the Earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility. – Rachel Carson To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please… Continue Reading “Turn to Earth”
Your Heart’s Road
“There is a road that runs straight through your heart. Walk on it.” – Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
No Path
There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path. – The Buddha Join us at Santa Sabina Center for a Writing Retreat with Kim Stafford: “Your Archive of the Unspoken,” from April 20 – 23, 2023. To learn more and/or register, please go… Continue Reading “No Path”
Caminante
Walker, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more. Walker, there is no road, the road is made by walking. Walking you make the road, and turning to look behindyou see the path you never again will step upon. Walker, there is no road, only foam trails… Continue Reading “Caminante”
For Ash Wednesday
Untouchable Beauty You flowers and trees, you hills and streams, you fields, flocks, and wild birds, you books, you poems, and you people, I am utterly alone in the midst of you. I am solitary and helpless, surrounded by a beauty that can never… Continue Reading “For Ash Wednesday”
Going Nowhere
Going nowhere … isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply. – Leonard Cohen To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center… Continue Reading “Going Nowhere”
Meandering Life
“Life meanders like a path through the woods. We have seasons when we flourish and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time, they grow again.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings,… Continue Reading “Meandering Life”
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