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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Our Origins
“Our origins are of the earth. And so there is in us a deeply seated response to the natural universe, which is part of our humanity.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
The Wonders and Realities of the Universe
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction. – Rachel Carson To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to:… Continue Reading “The Wonders and Realities of the Universe”
The Pond
I want to go soon and live away by the pond, where I shall hear only the wind whispering among the reeds. It will be success if I shall have left myself behind. But my friends ask what I will do when I get… Continue Reading “The Pond”
Unlimited
I love to think of nature as unlimited broadcasting stations, through which God speaks to us every day, every hour, and every moment of our lives, if we will only tune in and remain so. – George Washington Carver To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “Unlimited”
Out for a Walk
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. – John Muir To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page. Please join… Continue Reading “Out for a Walk”
Being Brave
This month I am using quotes from the wonderful book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy. “Sometimes,” said the horse. “Sometimes what?” asked the boy. “Sometimes just getting up and carrying on is brave and magnificent.” To learn… Continue Reading “Being Brave”
It’s on the Inside
This month I am using quotes from the wonderful book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy. “Isn’t it odd. We can only see our outsides, but nearly everything happens on the inside.” To learn about and/or register for… Continue Reading “It’s on the Inside”
Turn to Earth
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the Earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility. – Rachel Carson To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please… Continue Reading “Turn to Earth”
We Are an Expression of Earth
We are not separate beings in the Universe, who live on Earth, we are a mode of being of the Universe, an expression of Earth. We did not come into this world, we grew out from it, in the same way that an apple… Continue Reading “We Are an Expression of Earth”
Life
Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is. – Saul Bellow To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page
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