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Transformation beyond our Imaginations
The mineral world is a much more supple and mobile world than could be margined by the science of the ancients. Vaguely analogous to the metamorphoses of living creatures, there occurs in the most solid rocks, as we now know, perpetual transformation of a… Continue Reading “Transformation beyond our Imaginations”
Wednesday of Hope – Acting in Hope
In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened. – Teilhard… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Acting in Hope”
The Incredible Power of Love
Love is the most universal, the most tremendous and the most mysterious of the cosmic forces. Is it truly possible for humanity to continue to live and grow without asking itself how much truth and energy it is losing by neglecting its incredible power… Continue Reading “The Incredible Power of Love”
Look Closely
The profoundly ‘atomic’ character of the universe is visible in everyday experience, in raindrops and grains of sand, in the hosts of the living, and the multitude of stars; even in the ashes of the dead. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October… Continue Reading “Look Closely”
Truth
In the end, only the truth will survive. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring the Five Circles of the Divine Milieu,” with Ruth Droege, OP. So this month’s quotes are from the writings… Continue Reading “Truth”
Creation Continues
The earth’s crust has not yet stopped heaving and plunging under our feet. Mountain ranges are still being thrust up on the horizon. Granites are still growing under the continental masses. Nor has the organic world ceased to produce new buds at the times… Continue Reading “Creation Continues”
Awakening to Oneness – Together We . . .
We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist, and forever will recreate each other. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring the Five Circles of the Divine… Continue Reading “Awakening to Oneness – Together We . . .”
Nothing Here Is Profane
By virtue of Creation, and still more the Incarnation, nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see. – Teilhard de Chardin This month, on October 17th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Teilhard the Mystic: Exploring the Five Circles of… Continue Reading “Nothing Here Is Profane”
Wednesday of Hope – Wait Without Hope
I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope . . . wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought. So, the darkness shall be light and the stillness the dancing. – T.S. Eliot This month Santa Sabina Center’s online… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Wait Without Hope”
The Fog of Uncertainty
Opportunity is often delivered in a fog of uncertainty. – Kahlil Gibran This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian Perspective on Living in Interesting Times.” So this month’s quotes will be related to groundlessness… Continue Reading “The Fog of Uncertainty”
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