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Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (Year A)
Preacher’s Sketchbook
Posted by The Dominican Friars on October 05, 2011
Parable of the Wedding Feast
Each week, a Dominican member of the Provincial Preaching Advisory board prepares this Preacher's Sketchbook in anticipation of the upcoming Sunday Mass. The idea of the Preacher's Sketchbook is to take quotations from the authority of the Church--the Pope, the Fathers of the Church, documents of the Councils, the saints--that can help spark ideas… » More
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year (Year A)
Preacher’s Sketchbook
Posted by The Dominican Friars on September 29, 2011
Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen
Origin
For perchance in the Gospel the vineyard is the kingdom of God, that is, the doctrine which is contained in holy Scripture; and a man's blameless life is the fruit of the vineyard. And the letter of Scripture is the hedge set round the vineyard, that the fruits which are bid in it should not be seen by those who are without. The depth of the… » More
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year (Year A)
Preacher’s Sketchbook
Posted by The Dominican Friars on September 22, 2011
1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1803
A virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions."The goal of a virtuous… » More
Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year (Year A)
Preacher's Sketchbook
Posted by The Dominican Friars on September 06, 2011
"Expulsion of the Moneylenders from the Temple" by Luca Giordano (c. 1675)
Maximus the Confessor, The Four Hundred Chapters on Love
The one who makes provision for the desires of the flesh and bears a grudge against his neighbor for transitory things-such a man serves the creature rather than the Creator.
Maximus the Confessor, The Four Hundred Chapters on Love
Whenever you are suffering intensely from insult or disgrace,… » More
Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year (Year A)
Preacher's Sketchbook
Posted by The Dominican Friars on August 30, 2011
Perugino, Pietro, "Christ Handing the Keys to St Peter" (1481-82)
St. Augustine:
Do you see how dangerous it is to keep silent? He dies, and rightly dies; he dies in his own wickedness and sin; his own heedlessness kills him. Yes, the one who says "I live, says the Lord," would like to find a living shepherd. But since he has been heedless, not being warned by the one who was given charge and made a watchman for this… » MoreTwenty-Second Sunday of the Year (Year A)
Preacher's Sketchbook
Posted by The Dominican Friars on August 25, 2011
Duccio's Jeremiah
St. Iranaeus, from Fragments 37
The Lord instituted a new oblation in the new covenant, according to [the declaration of] Malachi the prophet. For, from the rising of the sun even to the setting my name has been glorified among the Gentiles, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure sacrifice (Malachi 1:11); as John also declares… » MoreHomilies
Eighteenth Sunday of the Year (Year A)
Preacher's Sketchbook
Posted by The Dominican Friars on July 28, 2011
"The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes" by Lambert Lombard (16th Century)
Sacramentum caritatis, Pope Benedict XVI, #88
The eucharistic mystery thus gives rise to a service of charity towards my neighbour, which "consists in the very fact that, in God and with God, I love even the person whom I do not like or even know. This can only take place on the basis of an intimate encounter with God, an encounter which has become… » More
"The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes" by Lambert Lombard (16th Century)
Sacramentum caritatis, Pope Benedict XVI, #88
The eucharistic mystery thus gives rise to a service of charity towards my neighbour, which "consists in the very fact that, in God and with God, I love even the person whom I do not like or even know. This can only take place on the basis of an intimate encounter with God, an encounter which has become… » MoreLiturgy & Saints
Mary, Bearer of the Word
Homily of Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. at the Dominican House of Studies for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. on July 13, 2011
When you entered our front hall, you encountered the portrait of Fr. Lawrence Kearney, O.P., who had this priory built after Cardinal Gibbons invited the Dominican Friars to make a foundation near the new Catholic University of America. Fr. Kearney studied in Louvain, Belgium, after Leo XIII's encouragement of Thomistic studies. Louvain was the place… » More
When you entered our front hall, you encountered the portrait of Fr. Lawrence Kearney, O.P., who had this priory built after Cardinal Gibbons invited the Dominican Friars to make a foundation near the new Catholic University of America. Fr. Kearney studied in Louvain, Belgium, after Leo XIII's encouragement of Thomistic studies. Louvain was the place… » More
US Open Umpire Makes a Call to Sirius XM Radio
Fr. Paul Arinze serves as a Tennis Umpire
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
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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
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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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