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Just Keep Going

Posted on September 24, 2020 by opreach

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Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. – Rainer Maria Rilke 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… Continue Reading “Just Keep Going”

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Wednesday of Hope – Let Everything Happen to You

Posted on August 19, 2020 by opreach

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Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. – Rainer Maria Rilke

Category: Hope / HealingTags: carnivorous flower, carnivorous plant, flower, garfield conservatory, hope, nature, photo, photography, pitcher plant, quote, rainier maria rilke

Today is the Feast of the Archangels

Posted on September 29, 2013 by opreach

May I burst with jubilant praise to assenting angels. – Rainer Maria Rilke

Category: Feasts / SeasonsTags: angels, archangels, bologna, fresco, last will and testament, photo, photography, quote, rainier maria rilke, san domenico, st. dominic

The Observer

Posted on March 23, 2013 by opreach

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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Rainier Maria Rilke. The Observer I can tell a storm by the way the trees are whipping, compared to when quiet, against my trembling windows, and I hear from afar things whispering I couldn’t bear… Continue Reading “The Observer”

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