Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
If there are mountains, I look at the mountains; On rainy days I listen to the rain. Spring, summer, autumn, winter. Tomorrow too will be good. Tonight too will be good. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings,… Continue Reading “Everyday Is a Good Day”
“Today we celebrate light and honor the wisdom of the shadows. In connecting with the natural world in a way that honors the sacred immanence in all things, we establish a resonance with the seasons.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center… Continue Reading “Happy New Year – 2023”
“From experience we know that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful.” – David Steindl-Rast, Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page During the month of… Continue Reading “Awake and Grateful”
“No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.” – Elie Wiesel To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-pageDuring the month of November, it has been my… Continue Reading “Opening to Gratitude”
“When we walk with love, new roads open to us and we see the way forward where before there was only a wall.” Gabriel Andreas, StoryPeople Please join us, in-person or online, for our Day of Prayer on September 7th. To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “New Roads”
In each of us there is a spark that can reverse the trends of violence and depression spiraling within us and in the world around us. By setting in motion the spiral of gratefulness we begin the journey toward peace and joy. David Steindl-Rast… Continue Reading “The Journey toward Peace and Joy”
[The human person] instinctively regards [the] self as a wanderer and wayfarer, and it is second nature for [her or] him to go on pilgrimage in search of a privileged and holy place, a center and source of indefectible life. Thomas Merton We are… Continue Reading “Going on Pilgrimage”
“Hope is holding a creative tension between what is and what could and should be, each day doing something to narrow the distance between the two.” Parker Palmer To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
“However deep yourKnowledge of the scripturesIt is no more than a strand of hairIn the vastness of space;However important appearsYour worldly experience,It is but a drop of water in a deep ravine.” Tokusan To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats… Continue Reading “A Drop of Water in a Deep Ravine”
“door of being, dawn and wake me, allow me to see the face of this day, allow me to see the face of this night, all communicates, all is transformed, arch of blood, bridge of the pulse, take me to the other side of… Continue Reading “Allow Me to See”