Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP, who from 1992-2001 served as the 84th Successor of St Dominic as Master of the Order,

Readings: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32.A few weeks ago some of the brothers here at Blackfriars gathered around the coffee machine and

Readings: Matthew 5:43-48. One common reading of Christ’s relationship to the Pharisees runs like this: the Pharisees were legalistic, bound to

Reading: Matthew 21:31-46. Today’s gospel seems to be laden with Lenten messages: a preacher could feast on the themes of

On Tuesday night #kavos was trending on Twitter, as hundreds of people took the opportunity to issue their criticism of

For all that ‘epiphany’ is one of the few religious words that has passed into modern idiomatic English, surveys suggest

The ‘Christological Settlement’ promulgated by the Council of Chalcedon is one of the most decisive texts of Christian theology, serving

Abishag the Shunammite makes her appearance in the twilight years of King David’s life: a young woman, she cherishes and

We Dominicans have not always been very good at promoting devotion to Our Holy Father St Dominic: that’s why our

Readings: Genesis 38. I imagine that when the rather racy story of Tamar and her three husbands appears as the First

Readings: Genesis 16-17, 21.Most modern readers of the Hagar-Sarai-Abram novella would see Hagar as the victim of the story. She

The Eucharist is both a Sacrament and a Sacrifice: as a Sacrament it is received as the soul’s nourishment; as