Articles Archive – Dominican Friars Ireland

The Assumption of Mary

Archivist Author — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:01:01 +0000

We live in a world of much sin and death. All around us, in both our personal lives and in the news, we see signs of great tragedy and misfortune. Wars, persecutions, famine, and economic hardship are the misfortune of many. Yet, amidst all these difficulties, there is a women who has gone before […]

Eating is Believing

Archivist Author — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:43:30 +0000

Christianity is often characterised as a ‘religion of the book’, alongside Judaism and Islam, but it seems to me that one of the reasons this definition fails is that it leaves out a central aspect of Christian religious practice: eating and drinking. On the feast of Corpus Christi this is what we celebrate: Christ’s body […]

Stay Calm and Receive the Holy Spirit

Archivist Author — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:37:06 +0000

The readings on Pentecost Sunday highlight two moments of ‘reception’ of the Holy Spirit. Chronologically, the first is that in the Gospel, when Jesus passes through a locked door, turning the fear of the disciples into joy, and breathes on them, saying, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’. This simple event is quite different from the much […]

November and the Holy Souls

Archivist Author — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:39:27 +0000

The Church never forgets you. Over the course of the year we will pray for every portion and class of humanity, no matter where or in what difficulty or sorrow. Jesus Christ took on the full burden of human experience in his life and during his passion, and so now his Church too must look […]

8 September – The Nativity of Our Lady

Archivist Author — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:58:58 +0000

Who is Mary? Blessed John Henry Newman indicates to us where we will find the answer. This is what he says about Mary: “She has sketched for us her own portrait in the Magnificat”. Our Lady makes known to us that it is more in frailty than in strength that Christ reveals Himself upon earth; […]

St. Rose of Lima

Archivist Author — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:50:21 +0000

Feast day: 23rd of August Lay Dominican and Virgin, Memorial Isabella Flores, commonly known as Rose, was born in Lima, Peru, in 1586, and became the first canonized saint of the Western Hemisphere. She made a vow of virginity at an early age and only with great difficulty overcame the objections and misunderstanding of her […]

Saint Rose of Lima

Archivist Author — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:48:51 +0000