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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Be a Lamp
Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. Rumi
Finding Awe
We can find awe, then, in eight wonders of life: moral beauty, collective effervescence, nature, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, life and death, and epiphany. Dacher Keltner
We Are Nature
We are nature and we are it all the time, no matter how far away or how close we perceive it to be at each moment. Fabiana Fondevila
Eye of the Beholder
People often say that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. Salma Hayek
Without Trees
To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots. Richard Mabey To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
What Is Faith?
Faith is not about how we feel, it’s about how we live. Anne Lamott To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Mountains and Oceans
“Mountains and oceans have whole worlds of innumerable wondrous features. We should understand that it is not only our distant surroundings that are like this, but even what is right here, even a single drop of water.” Eihei Dogen To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “Mountains and Oceans”
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.” Rachel Carson 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”
