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Love Opens Roads
“When we walk with love, new roads open to us, and we see a way forward where before there was only a wall.” Gabriel Andreas, StoryPeople To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
How to Walk
“Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.” Thich Nhat Hanh To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
The Way of Heart
“There is a road that runs straight through your heart. Walk on it.” – Macrina Wiederkehr, OSB To learn more and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
Sleeping on the Mountain
He had to sleep on the mountain. Loved his friends, but had to sleep somewhere by the trail, under spruce, above the foggy sound of waves. Had to find the trail by feel, without light. Had to say a blessing there. – Kim Stafford, from… Continue Reading “Sleeping on the Mountain”
The End Is Where We Start
What we call the beginning is often the endAnd to make an end is to make a beginning.The end is where we start from. – T. S. Eliot, “Little Gidding,” Four Quartets Starting today, January 12, 2021, Santa Sabina Center offers an online series on… Continue Reading “The End Is Where We Start”
Advent Waiting for All that Is Waiting for You
Excerpt from “Everything is Waiting for You” by David Whyte Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation.The kettle is singing even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots have left their arrogant aloofness and seen the good… Continue Reading “Advent Waiting for All that Is Waiting for You”
Follow Your Own Path
Where the way is hardest, there go thou; Follow your own path and let people talk. – Dante Alighieri This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Finding Our Way through the Dark Woods: A Retreat with Dante’s Divine Comedy,” with Kayleen Asbo. So this month’s… Continue Reading “Follow Your Own Path”
Our Journey Demands It
Let us go, for the length of our journey demands it.― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy This month, on November 12th, Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Finding Our Way through the Dark Woods: A Retreat with Dante’s Divine Comedy,” with Kayleen Asbo. So this month’s quotes… Continue Reading “Our Journey Demands It”
How Do We Find Our True Journey?
It may be that when we no longer know which way to go that we have come to our real journey . . . – Wendell Berry This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves When There is No Ground: A Buddhist-Christian… Continue Reading “How Do We Find Our True Journey?”
We Cannot Avoid Uncertainty
We can try to control the uncontrollable by looking for security and predictability, always hoping to be comfortable and safe. But the truth is that we can never avoid uncertainty. This not knowing is part of the adventure, and it’s also what makes us… Continue Reading “We Cannot Avoid Uncertainty”
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