HOMILY ON WORD.OP.ORG 17.08.2017 Matthew 18:21-19:1 21 Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. 23 “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be […]
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San José: un modelo para los laicos Dominicos
Recientemente he estado pensando mucho en José. En realidad no le damos mucha importancia – pero, por otro lado, tampoco lo hace la Biblia. Escuchamos de él solo cuatro veces: cuando el ángel le habla del embarazo extraordinario de María (Mt 1,18-24); cuando la lleva a Belén para el censo (Lc 2,4-5); cuando el ángel […]
St. Joseph: a model for the lay Dominicans
Joseph has been much on my mind recently. We don’t really give him much thought – but then, neither does the Bible. We hear about him only four times: when the angel tells him about Mary’s extraordinary pregnancy (Matthew 1:18-24); when he takes her to Bethlehem for the census (Luke 2:4-5); when an angel (the […]
A Modest Proposal
In the western world, as a consequence of a decline in the number of professed religious over the past few decades, many convents and priories have closed and there is no longer a guarantee of the ready availability of a Dominican community that can support groups of Dominican-minded laity. Indeed, it is increasingly difficult for […]