Ears to Hear – Dominican Friars Ireland

Ears to Hear – Christmas Day

Archivist Author — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 01:09:07 +0000

Sermon by Pope St Leo the Great (185) Happy Christmas! Nollaig shone dhaoibh go léir! Today, Jesus is born in Bethlehem. What does this mean for you and for me? It means everything’s changed – because in the manger we see that God loves us more than we can imagine, and ‘nobody is an outsider […]

Ears to Hear – Advent 7

Archivist Author — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:07:09 +0000

Epistle to Diognetus (127) The Letter to Diognetus is one of the most interesting documents we have from the early Church. It was probably written in the second century, and is an example of early Christian apologetics, that is, explaining the Christian faith to pagans. We don’t know who wrote this text, the author refers […]

Ears to Hear – Advent 6

Archivist Author — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:10:00 +0000

Augustine on the Psalms(98) We continue our series of Advent readings today with another excerpt from St Augustine’s writings – I warned you that he wrote a lot! Today he’s talking about one of his favourite topics: desire! For Augustine, having desire in our hearts is a good thing, but it must be desire for […]

Ears to Hear – Advent 5

Archivist Author — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:24:12 +0000

Sermon by Augustine (98) We hear again this week from St Augustine, the great teacher of the Christian West. In today’s reading, he’s comparing the figures of John the Baptist and Christ. John the Baptist is a great Advent figure. He reminds us that preparing for Christmas involves not only buying presents, but also a […]

Ears to Hear – Advent 4

Archivist Author — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:47:00 +0000

Augustine on the Psalms St Augustine was a Roman African who lived in the dying days of the Roman Empire, he was a bishop, a theologian, and one of the greatest minds of the early Church. He wrote and preached an enormous amount of material, and we hear today a selection from his teaching on […]

Ears to Hear – Advent 3

Archivist Author — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:39:34 +0000

Lumen Gentium (81) In 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council, a gathering of several thousand bishops whose task was to rearticulate the teaching of the Church in the context of the modern world. Today, we hear from one of the documents they produced, Lumen Gentium, the Constitution on the Church. We hear […]

Ears to Hear – Advent 2

Archivist Author — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:57:45 +0000

Our second reading is from St Charles Borromeo Our second Advent reading is from another well-loved bishop: St Charles Borromeo. He was born into a powerful Italian family, and was lined up for a career in the Church. The Church in Italy at this time was notoriously corrupt, though – when Charles’ uncle was elected […]

Ears to Hear – Advent 1

Archivist Author — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:14:00 +0000

Catecheses of St Cyril of Jerusalem The writer of today’s reading was a Christian from the Middle East, who became bishop of Jerusalem in 335. Cyril was his name. As bishop, he had great care for the poor, and he was also very involved in political life, but it is as a teacher that he […]

Ears to Hear – Introduction

Archivist Author — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:30:00 +0000

Ears to Hear Welcome to the new audio series, ‘Ears to Hear’, produced by the Dominican students of the Irish Province for our website dominicansinteractive.com. We took the name for this series from a line in the book of Revelation: ‘You that have ears to hear, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches’ […]

Ears to Hear – Easter Sunday

Archivist Author — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:02:33 +0000

A Reading from a Paschal Homily of an Ancient Author Alleluia! Christ is risen, he is risen indeed! The unknown author of this ancient homily describes this day as ‘the source of life, the beginning of brightness’. Have a listen, and bask in the joy of the Risen Lord!