The Nativity in Art: Light and Glory, Joy and Sorrow
As we celebrate the wonder of the Nativity it gives us cause to reflect upon the works of great artistic
A Puzzle for the Twelve Days of Christmas – The Solution
We set you a task on the morning of St Stephen's Day, to identify the Christian mysteries that may be
Celebrating Priesthood in Fiction – Fr Brown
fr Richard Ounsworth OP, who teaches Scripture and Greek in Blackfriars, Oxford, and who is concurrently pursuing a doctorate in
Friars’ Christmas Crackers
Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? A. Noah. He was floating his stock while everyone else was in
Learning to be Young
Feast of the Holy Family. Fr Timothy Calvert preaches on the Holy Family. A Dominican novice once wrote home to his
A Puzzle for the Twelve Days of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas is a well loved English Christmas carol which enumerates a series of increasingly grandiose gifts
Christmas – ‘And the Word became flesh …’
Recently a friend of mine was trying to recall the title of a song that she had heard on the
Something of the Night
Christmas. Fr Malcolm McMahon is not afraid of the dark: the Bishop of Nottingham preaches for Midnight Mass of Christmas. Not many
O Antiphons
Since Vespers of December 17th, the Church has welcomed the Magnificat each day with one of the ancient "Great O
Preparing the Way: The Nativity
This Christmas week the Dominican students of Blackfriars have been preparing the way for Christmas with a series of reflections
Characters of Advent – the ox and the donkey
There is a responsory for Matins of Christmas, O magnum mysterium, which is much loved by composers, who all try