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Liturgy & Saints
All Souls' Concert
Commemorating the Faithful Departed
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on October 28, 2010
On Tuesday, November 2, All Souls' Day at 7:30 P.M. Saint Vincent Ferrer Chorale and soloists will present a profoundly beautiful musical gem from the German Romantic period, Rheinberger's Requiem in D minor, as well as anthems from the English Victorian era, including Bainton's And I Saw A New Heaven, Stanford's Beati Quorum Via, Gardiner's Evening… » More
On Tuesday, November 2, All Souls' Day at 7:30 P.M. Saint Vincent Ferrer Chorale and soloists will present a profoundly beautiful musical gem from the German Romantic period, Rheinberger's Requiem in D minor, as well as anthems from the English Victorian era, including Bainton's And I Saw A New Heaven, Stanford's Beati Quorum Via, Gardiner's Evening… » More
Third Sunday of Lent—Year C
JM + JD
Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on March 06, 2010
The accident at a construction site in which eighteen people lost their lives when a tower collapsed on them would most likely have faded into the mists of oblivion had not our Lord in today's Gospel used the accident as an example to teach us about the meaning of human suffering. And perhaps the most important thing our Lord teaches us… » More
Second Sunday of Lent—Year C
JM + JD
Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on February 27, 2010
They were tired. They were anxious. They were headed for Jerusalem. And the Master had said that it was in Jerusalem that He would be handed over to evil men to be put to death, but that on the third day, He would rise again...whatever that meant. And the Lord Jesus knew what was in their hearts. He knew what they had had to bear over… » More
Liturgy & Saints, Prayer & Spirituality
Homily for Christmas
JM + JD
Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on December 24, 2009
"Adoration fused with human love, and was not separate."
While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Et Verbum caro factum est. And the Word became flesh. Et habitavit in nobis. And dwelt among us.
This is… » More
"Adoration fused with human love, and was not separate."
While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Et Verbum caro factum est. And the Word became flesh. Et habitavit in nobis. And dwelt among us.
This is… » More
Liturgy & Saints, Prayer & Spirituality
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent—Year C
JM + JD
Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on December 19, 2009
The creche in St Peter's Square
Promises! Promises!
Everyone's making promises, but what about action? Show me someone who can live up to his or her promises, and I'll be satisfied! Otherwise...don't make me any promises you can't keep!
Unfulfilled promises...broken promises...singers love to sing about them; dramatists love to explore the heartbreak… » More
The creche in St Peter's Square
Everyone's making promises, but what about action? Show me someone who can live up to his or her promises, and I'll be satisfied! Otherwise...don't make me any promises you can't keep!
Unfulfilled promises...broken promises...singers love to sing about them; dramatists love to explore the heartbreak… » More
Liturgy & Saints, Prayer & Spirituality
Homily for Gaudete Sunday—Year C
JM + JD
Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on December 12, 2009
St Paul the Apostle
"Rejoice in the Lord always! I shall say it again, Rejoice!" St Paul tells us in our second reading from his Letter to the Philippians. We Catholics have referred to this Third Sunday of Advent as "Gaudete Sunday" or "Rejoice Sunday" from the first word in Latin of the entrance antiphon for Mass today, taken from this very verse of Philippians,… » More
St Paul the Apostle
Liturgy & Saints
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent—Year C
JM + JD
Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on December 04, 2009
John the Baptist preaching
Besides being difficult to pronounce, the names and places listed at the beginning of today's Gospel ("Who was tetrarch where?') are St Luke's way of saying: "This is how it happened. This is how we knew God was about to manifest His Anointed One to the world, because first He sent us a prophet. There was once again a prophet in Israel, as… » More
John the Baptist preaching
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All the Friar Bloggers
Homily for Simple Profession 2011
By The Dominican Friars on August 16, 2011
For more photos of our friars, please check out the Blog of the Director of Vocations.
On August 15, 2011, the Solemnity of the Assumption, Fr. John… » More
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Sirius XM Radio, September 30, 2011
By Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on October 01, 2011
MP3 10
In this episode of Word to Life, Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. and Fr. Bruno Shah discuss the readings for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time and are… » MoreMore Word to Life »
Medical Meet and Greet
By Fr. Jordan Kelly, O.P. on July 15, 2011
The Dominican Friars Healthcare Ministry of New York is hosting a gathering of medical students, residents and medical professionals at the Church of… » More
More Bioethics »
New Issue of The Trumpet
By Fr. Dominic Izzo, O.P. on June 03, 2011
Download the latest issue of The Trumpet. In this issue, there is an interview of Br. Ignatius Perkins, O.P., a reflection by Fr. Joseph J. Guido, O.P.,… » More
More Giving »
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (Year A)
By The Dominican Friars on October 05, 2011
Each week, a Dominican member of the Provincial Preaching Advisory board prepares this Preacher's Sketchbook in anticipation of the upcoming Sunday Mass. … » More
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