Everyone - or everything - wants to be a Dominican!
Everyone - or everything - wants to be like us Dominicans ! #OPsRock My nephews spotted the Dominican cross on this spider! This breed of chicken is called Dominican!
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Solemnity of Saint Dominic 2017
Feast of St Dominic - preaching on 1 Samuel 3:1-10 8 August 2017 Team KADML 2017 - photo credit: Fr Philip McShane OP On the Feast of St. Dominic, it was my great joy to preside and preach at Morning Prayer at the Knockadoon Music and Liturgy Week. Our theme was "Seek the Lord" and the chosen Scripture that morning was 1 Sam. 3:1-10, recounting the call of Samuel. Here is what I said to those gathered. We begin this day as we begin all things, +In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Today, the 8th of August, is a very important and joyous day for Dominicans all over the world. Today, we celebrate the Solemnity or Feast Day of St. Dominic de Guzman, the man who founded the Dominican Order, the Order of Preachers. For us Dominicans, today is celebrated as a Solemnity – that’s the biggest type of celebration there is!! One of my Dominican sisters often teaches people that if they are involved with us they are, in their own way, part of our Domi...
Jesus said, “Imagine a sower going out to sow.”
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Reflection on the Gospel Matthew 13:1-23 16 July 2017 Jesus said, “Imagine a sower going out to sow.” In his Gospel, Matthew gives this parable a title, calling it the Parable of the Sower. However, Matthew has Jesus provide an interpretation of the parable that, like the parable itself, focuses not so much on the sower, as on that which is sown and what happens to it. The attention is on what happens after the sowing, in other words, on the varied outcomes of the sowing and on the varied responses to the revelation of the kingdom. Interesting, then, to discover that in the Greek text, while the sower sows, there is no mention of the word ‘seed.’ To the disciples then, and to us now, this interpretation provides both an explanation as to why the kingdom is not accepted and encouragement to persevere with the assurance that remarkable results will ensue. However, in some ways, interpretation, even one offered by Jesus, deadens the parable and curtails...