Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world and strengthens us thereby to do what’s good.
“When you get into a tight place and it seems you can’t go on, hold on, for that’s just the place and the time that the tide will turn.”
No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Gratitude is twofold – love coming to visit us and love running out to greet a welcome guest. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
I, the fiery life of divine essence, am aflame beyond the beauty of the meadows, I gleam in the waters, and I burn in the sun, moon, and stars …. I awaken everything to life. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats… Continue Reading “The Feast of Hildegard of Bingen”
Horizons are not fixed points. They change as we move. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.– John Lewis To learn about and/or register for… Continue Reading “Don’t Get Lost”
To be a contemplative is to be a watch in the night for the approach of Mystery. And it is a readiness to be transformed in an engagement with that Mystery. – Mirabai Starr To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats… Continue Reading “Engagement with Mystery”
Gratefulness opens me up to receive the flow of blessing and connects me with the source of that flow. – Rabbi Shefa Gold During the month of January, I have always used quotes about gratitude, and still do. This year I am using only… Continue Reading “Receive the Flow of Blessing”
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. – Emily Dickinson To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.