Christmas
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‘Guided by a star, drawn on by Hope’ – The Magi at the Epiphany
By Br Albert Elias Robertson, O.P | On the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, and at the start of
Perspective
By Br Thomas Thérèse Mannion O.P. | Br Thomas Thérèse looks at one of the lesser known roles of the late
Two transcendentals for Twelfth Night
By Br Daniel Benedict Rowlands, O.P. | To borrow from St Gregory Nazianzen, in a turn of phrase much loved
The Holy Innocents and God’s Wrath
By Br Bede Mullens, O.P. | The firstborn of Egypt in themselves were surely just as innocent as the infants
A brother recommends…some Christmas reading
Scared that you are going to be bored this Christmas? What to do with those 12 days? The student brothers
Puer natus est nobis
The Lord hath said to me: Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee. Why have the Gentiles
Nativity of The Lord
The Nativity of The Lord, which we celebrate today, is perhaps the most beguiling event one can conceive. It is
Third Joyful Mystery: The Nativity
"And while they were there the time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born
Images of Christmas at Blackfriars
This time of year is often a more quiet time in a Dominican priory, with some of the friars visiting
The Epiphany of the Lord
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 71; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 Amongst the very final words we pray each day, at the
Mother of God, Queen of Peace
Today we invoke the prayers of Our Lady under the title “Mother of God”. It seems fitting that Our Lady
The Holy Family
For the feast of the Holy Family, the first Sunday of Christmas, His Grace Archbishop Bernard of Birmingham, sent out