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Third Sunday of Lent—Year C
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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
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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
Prayer & Spirituality
First Sunday of Lent
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Posted by Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. on February 24, 2010
The Temptation of Christ in the Desert
At the start of every Lenten Season, on the First Sunday of Lent, the Church, in her wisdom, always gives us the account of our Lord's Temptation in the Desert for our consideration and reflection. The temptations that Christ suffered in the desert for forty days at the start of His public ministry were not His first temptations, nor would they be… » More
The Temptation of Christ in the Desert
Province & Vocations
Tolkein’s Guide to Good Preaching
Echoes of St. Dominic
Posted by Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. on December 22, 2009
J.R.R. Tolkein was a man with an acute awareness of the profound truth of Christianity, and a great artist's sense of how to make that truth come alive in surprising and stirring ways (as a careful reading of his Lord of the Rings trilogy reveals). As preachers of the Catholic faith - which we as Dominicans are by vocation and profession - we could… » More
Church & Evangelization
“Sharing the Patrimony of Good Preaching”
An Article on Preaching in L'Osservatore Romano
Posted by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P. on November 27, 2009
Father Michael Monshau, O.P., is a professor of liturgy, homiletics and spirituality at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (The Angelicum), and recently he published an article on preaching in L'Osservatore Romano. It is reprinted below with permission.
Reflection on the Apostolic Constitution from the Perspective of a Homiletician:… » More
Father Michael Monshau, O.P., is a professor of liturgy, homiletics and spirituality at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (The Angelicum), and recently he published an article on preaching in L'Osservatore Romano. It is reprinted below with permission.
Reflection on the Apostolic Constitution from the Perspective of a Homiletician:… » More
US Open Umpire Makes a Call to Sirius XM Radio
Fr. Paul Arinze serves as a Tennis Umpire
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Homily for Simple Profession 2011
By The Dominican Friars on August 16, 2011
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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
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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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