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Posted on June 12, 2014
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Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace. – Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
Category: SpiritualityTags: canada goose, goose, lagoon, las gallinas salt marsh, marsh, nature, photo, photography, quote, san rafael, thomas merton
Posted on May 30, 2014
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God is at home, it’s we who have gone out for a walk. – Meister Eckhart
Posted on February 19, 2014
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Awe is the salve that will heal our eyes. – Rumi
Posted on January 20, 2014
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Will you ever understand how near God is to you? Lalla, fourteenth century C.E.
Posted on January 18, 2014
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Truly, Earth is our family, and we need to help her to flourish as much as diligently as we prepare our children for the future. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. – Native American Proverb
Category: Care of the EarthTags: Care of the Earth, deer, earth, family, fog, gold hill, native american proverb, nature, postaday, quote, richmond bridge, san francisco bay, san francisco skyline, san rafael, weekly photo challenge
Posted on December 11, 2013
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Making the House Ready for the Lord By Mary Oliver Dear Lord, I have swept and I have washed but still nothing is as shining as it should be for you. Under the sink, for example, is an uproar of mice –it is the… Continue Reading “Mary Oliver’s Wisdom”
Category: AdventTags: advent, chair, education for justice, making the house ready for the lord, mary oliver, photo, photography, poetry, porch, san rafael, squirrel, thirst
Posted on December 5, 2013
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This is but an excerpt from the Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem entitled, “The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air We Breathe”, found on the Education for Justice website. WILD air, world-mothering air, Nestling me everywhere, That each eyelash or hair Girdles; goes home betwixt… Continue Reading “Advent in the Air”
Category: AdventTags: advent, clouds, crepe myrtle, education for justice, gerard manley hopkins, nature, photo, photography, poems, poetry, san rafael, sky, The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe, trees
Posted on December 4, 2013
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Somewhere your star-struck choir sings As the evening unpeels our histories. The world is here again! I feel the breathing of yuletide fires, The ribboned refrains of seasoned candles And bars of voices beyond St. Stephen’s Wall. The robin appears in a globe of… Continue Reading “Advent by Stephen Leake”
Posted on November 15, 2013
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Saint Albert the Great was a Dominican friar who lived in the 13th century. He was named, by virtue of his writings and teachings, a Doctor of the Church in 1931. He is well known for having been the teacher of another great Dominican… Continue Reading “The Dominican St. Albert the Great”
Category: Dominican SaintsTags: autumn colors, autumn trees, charity, dominican saint, dwell, photo, photography, quote, san rafael, santa sabina center, St. Albert the Great, window
Posted on October 5, 2013
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I am imagining that this week’s photo challenge might be a challenge for some . . . the folks who stumble through the morning. Fortunately I am a morning person: I consider this to be the best part of the day, and found this… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Good Morning!”
Category: Beauty, SpiritualityTags: arthur conan doyle, good morning, morning, nature, photo, photography, pink clouds, postaday, quote, san rafael, sherlock holmes the complete novels and stories volume 1, sunrise, weekly photo challenge
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