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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Caminante
Walker, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more. Walker, there is no road, the road is made by walking. Walking you make the road, and turning to look behindyou see the path you never again will step upon. Walker, there is no road, only foam trails… Continue Reading “Caminante”
What Do You Seek?
What you seek is seeking you. – Jalaluddin Rumi Join us at Santa Sabina Center for a Writing Retreat with Kim Stafford: “Your Archive of the Unspoken,” from April 20 – 23, 2023. To learn more and/or register, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
The Sparks of God’s Brilliance
All living beings are, so to speak, sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance. These sparks mere from God like rays of the sun.” – Hildegard of Bingen Join us at Santa Sabina Center for a Writing Retreat with Kim Stafford: “Your Archive of… Continue Reading “The Sparks of God’s Brilliance”
Before Spring
There is a hard truth to be told: before spring becomes beautiful, it is plug ugly, nothing but mud and muck. I have walked in the early spring through fields that will suck your boots off, a world so wet and woeful it makes… Continue Reading “Before Spring”
Transforming Hatred to Love
May those whose hell it is to hate and hurt be turned into lovers bringing flowers. – Shantideva To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
Who Am I?
Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between these two banks the river of my life flows. – Nisargadatta Maharaj To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
For Ash Wednesday
Untouchable Beauty You flowers and trees, you hills and streams, you fields, flocks, and wild birds, you books, you poems, and you people, I am utterly alone in the midst of you. I am solitary and helpless, surrounded by a beauty that can never… Continue Reading “For Ash Wednesday”
Starting the Day
We can start our day with the happiness of a smile and the aspiration to dedicate ourselves to the path of love and understanding. We are aware that today is a fresh, new day, and we have twenty-four precious hours to live. – Thich… Continue Reading “Starting the Day”
Love Earth
This is what you should do:Love the Earth and sun and animals,despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks,stand up for the stupid and crazy,devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants,argue not concerning God,have patience and indulgence toward the people…reexamine all you… Continue Reading “Love Earth”
Pray to Love
Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart. – Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online… Continue Reading “Pray to Love”
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