Life is not a matter of doing great things, it is a matter of doing small things with care, love and courage ~ Sr Stan #thoughtfortheweek #mondaymeditation #care #love #courage

A grateful heart is a heart filled with joy ~ Sr Stan #thoughtfortheweek #gratefulness #gratitude #JoyNews

To live from the heart is to live fully ~ Sr Stan #thoughtfortheweek #mindfulmonday #alive #awake #livingfully

Living now, not in the past, in the dark not in the brightness of light yet to come only now in this moment ~ Sr. Stan #mondaymindfulness #thoughtfortheweek #livingmindfully #inthemoment

A frantic busy life muddies the waters of our inner wisdom and understanding. When we rest and still the mind we experience a new energy and a gradual clarity of experience ~ Sr Stan #thoughtfortheweek #mindfulmonday #stillness #clarity #innerwisdom

Living in the moment ensures we do not miss the present, or find it gone before we have experienced it, ensures we do not find day has passed us by before we have fully lived it. ~Sr Stan #thoughtfortheweek #mindfulmonday #livingthemoments #presence #awareness

In stillness and silence we experience wisdom challenging us to listen encouraging us to take risks loving us into accepting ourselves ~ Sr Stan #thoughtfortheweek #mindfulmonday #stillness #acceptance #wisdomwithin

When we wake in the morning let us greet the day that lies ahead and acknowledge that this is not just another day, this is the one day that has been given to us, and it is a gift

Each new morning happens, lifting us out of darkness, holding us in light, touching us with warmth, opening us to possibilities, filling us with hope, the quiet kindness of this new day. ~ Sr. Stan #thoughtfortheweek #morningmeditation #momentsofstillness #possibilities

With every gift there comes opportunity: the sun shining through the trees the dew glistening on an open flower the smile of a baby the embrace of a friend When we take these opportunities, enjoy them to the full, we dwell in the gift of being alive ~ Sr Stan #dailygifts

Setting aside time each day to be present, to be attentive, to be still ~ Sr Stan #thoughtfortheweek #mindfulmonday #presence #attentiveness

As we enter the winter, we come to the Sabbath time of year, when nature rests. A sense of Sabbath, a commitment to taking time and space out of our busy lives and giving it to the sacred, can restore our openness to grace and make us alive to the miracles around us ~ Sr Stan

Everything has a time; our time is now. To live our lives every minute, every hour, every day, every year. Now is the time to live the lives we have been gifted with. ~ Sr. Stan #thoughtfortheweek #livinglifetothefull #dailygifts #mondaymotivation #mindfulmonday

Our Eustace St Coffee Shop will open on 24 hour basis from tonight for coming days as part of Homeless Dublin & wider NGO response to this extreme weather. This is to ensure any person sleeping rough who doesn't go in to emergency accommodation has somewhere to spend the night.

Develop the art of being still in this 3 week course with Sr. Stan. Commencing on Tuesday 10th January 10.00am-11.30am onsite at the Sanctuary. For further details or to book visit sanctuary.ie

May this New Year bring new Hope and Peace to us on Earth and may blessings of Peace, Joy and Love flow into your lives. Wishing you all a very Happy and Peaceful New Year. ~ Sr. Stan

It is in the silent sanctuary of our own hearts that we make room for the transforming power of love to grow within us and radiate through us ~ Sr. Stan #newyear #nuturelove #radiatelove #seedsoflove #transforming

Delighted to share with you my latest book 'Finding Hope' published by Columba Books My deepest gratitude goes out to all the wonderful contributors who brought this book in to being. 🙏 Available to preorder from The Sanctuary and Columba Books sanctuary.ie/the-sanctuary-…

Rhythmically pausing and breathing mindfullly Seeding our day with moments  of stillness and peace ~ Sr Stan #mindfulmonday #peace #hope

Visited the fantastic Dubray in Stillorgan, Dublin and we were so pleased to see the beautiful 'Mythical Irish' trilogy by Mark Joyce, alongside Irish History Bitesize!'s 'St Brigid & Other Amazing Irish Women' and 'Finding Hope' by Sr Stan (Columba Books) #BookLover