Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth revolves. Thich Nhat Hanh
The silence of the spheres is the music of a wedding feast. The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomena of life, the more we analyze them out into strange finalities and complex purposes of our own, the more we involve ourselves in sadness.… Continue Reading “The Cosmic Dance”
Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust During the month of January, I have always used quotes about gratitude, and still do. This year I am using only… Continue Reading “Our Souls’ Gardeners”
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. – Emily Dickinson To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible. – Doris Lessing To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
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”
I cannot be free if I am rejecting any part of my experience. – Frank Ostaseski To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page. Please join us for our Contemplative Retreat Week in the Dominican Tradition from… Continue Reading “Being Free”
This month I am using quotes from the wonderful book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy. “Is your glass half empty or half full?” asked the mole. “I think I’m grateful to have a glass,” said the boy.… Continue Reading “The Best Kind of Glass”