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Living Lightly
“My storehouse having been burnt down, nothing obstructs my view of the bright moon.” – Masahide, Zen poet To learn more and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
Finding the Divine Essence
“I, the fiery life of divine essence, am aflame beyond the beauty of the meadows, I gleam in the waters, and I burn in the sun, moon and stars.” – Hildegard of Bingen From March 11-14, 2021, Santa Sabina Center will offer an Online… Continue Reading “Finding the Divine Essence”
Seeing
The whole life lies in the verb seeing. – 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… Continue Reading “Seeing”
Wednesday of Hope – Crumple Up Your Faith
Faith is crumpling and throwing away everything, proposition by proposition, until nothing is left, and then writing a new proposition, your very own, to throw in the teeth of despair. – Mary Jean Irion, Yes, World: A Mosaic of Meditation
Wednesday of Hope – Where Hope Lives
Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act. – Rebecca Solnit
Secrets at Dawn
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. – Jalaluddin Rumi
Wednesday of Hope – Tipping the Scales
In a world of injustice, God once and for all tips the scales in the favor of hope. – Max Lucado
Wednesday of Hope – Facing Life’s Challenges
Even when life challenges us, it’s a gift beyond all measure. – Parker Palmer
True Miracles
The true miracle isn’t walking on water or walking in air. Simply walking on this earth. – Thích Nhất Hạnh
May My Heart Shine
As the Sun shines upon my heart, so may my heart shine upon others! – The Upanishads
